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syrupy
/ˈsɪr.ə.pi/
adj 4
Collocations
2SYRUPY + NOUN
waffles
PREP.
on
Definitions
adj
1
Having the taste or consistency of syrup.
2
With syrup.
Who doesn’t like crisp, hot, buttery-and-syrupy waffles?
Cherry dropped into a chair and stared with lip-curling distate at the platter of sausages and their syrupy pancakes on the plates about her.
3
Overly sweet.
4
Overly sentimental.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — with honey added
- honeyed
- honied
adjective — overly sweet
- cloying
- saccharine
- treacly
adjective — having a relatively high resistance to flow
- viscous
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Who doesn’t like crisp, hot, buttery-and-syrupy waffles?
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Cherry dropped into a chair and stared with lip-curling distate at the platter of sausages and their syrupy pancakes on the plates about her.
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Beth stabs her fork into a mound of syrupy waffles.
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