adj
Meaning 1
Having the taste or consistency of syrup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: treacly
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
syrupy
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈsɪr.ə.pi/
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sĭrʹə-pē
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rhymes with -ɪrəpi
adj
Meaning 2
With syrup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: syruped
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Overly sweet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: saccharine, sickly sweet, sugary, dulcet, nectareal, nectarean, nectarine, nectarous, sappy, sweet, sweetsome
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Overly sentimental.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kitschy, twee, saccharine, treacly, bathetic, cheesy, squishy, corny, drippy, gooey, hokey, icky, kitsch, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, overemotional, oversentimental, overwrought, sappy, schmaltzy, sickly sweet, slushy, soppy, soupy, syrupy
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
with honey added
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: honeyed, honied
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
overly sweet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cloying, saccharine, treacly
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
having a relatively high resistance to flow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: viscous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English syrup Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English syrupy From syrup + -y.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: xaropós — having the taste or consistency or syrup
- Finnish: siirappinen — having the taste or consistency or syrup
- Finnish: siirappimainen — having the taste or consistency or syrup
- French: siropeux — having the taste or consistency or syrup
- Galician: almibrado — having the taste or consistency or syrup
- German: sirupartig — having the taste or consistency or syrup
- Hungarian: szirupos — having the taste or consistency or syrup
- Italian: sciropposo — having the taste or consistency or syrup
- Polish: syropowy — having the taste or consistency or syrup
- Welsh: trioglyd — having the taste or consistency or syrup
- Finnish: äitelä — overly sweet
- Finnish: siirappinen — overly sweet
- Greek: βαρύς γλυκός (varýs glykós) — overly sweet
- Ingrian: änkkelä — overly sweet
- Polish: przesłodzony — overly sweet
- Finnish: siirappinen — overly sentimental
- Finnish: äitelä — overly sentimental
- Finnish: imelä — overly sentimental
- Hungarian: szirupos — overly sentimental
- Polish: ckliwy — overly sentimental
- Spanish: meloso — overly sentimental
- Spanish: empalagoso — overly sentimental
- Spanish: almibarado — overly sentimental
- Spanish: dulzón — overly sentimental
- Spanish: cursi — overly sentimental