treacly
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˈtrikli/
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cursi
- And the little touches of surrealism save it from just being a treacly tearjerker...
Examples
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He avoided treacly romances in favor of stories with more realistic portrayals of relationships.
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Evidently, gay critics were guided by the principle that visibility at any cost is a good thing, and gay audiences were desperate to see a reflection of themselves in a movie, even one that was, as one recent critic put it, "really little more than a treacly exercise in straight soap opera romance with a gay twist" (Ellenzweig 14).
Academic text (2012) -
The violence won't stop because elected officials issue treacly paeans to the virtues of Islam.
Blog text (8) -
What he thinks is probing and daring is so much posturing and treacly, lukewarm sentimentality.
Blog text (13) -
There's a glassy crust on the snow and icy footprints where kids have gone up to their knees and treacly tracks where dogs have run.
Fiction book (1994) -
Marching right along with this bounty of ineptitude and wellspring of deadlines hastily assembled and just as quickly dismantled is an impressive body of treacly recollection.
Blog text (22) -
Morse laughs so his companion will laugh, but he leans close to whisper in that sick, treacly voice, "Gaining access to restricted property using false identification is a crime, isn't it, Officer Buscarsela?"
Fiction book (1999) -
The movie was criticized for its treacly dialogue that made the audience cringe.
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Her poem was filled with treacly expressions of love that felt overly sentimental.
Synonyms
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4.5
Having strong warm feelings about people or things from the past, often too emotional
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4.6
Feels too sentimental and silly, like a movie or card
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7.0
Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake
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7.2
To try to seem very sweet and childish in a fake way
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8.0
Too emotional in a way that seems silly or not sincere
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7.9
Being too sweet or emotional in a way that seems false
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8.2
Too sweet or emotional in a way that makes you feel sick
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3.7
Too sweet in taste or feeling, often sounding not sincere
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9.4
Showing feelings that are not real and too sweet
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5.8
Too emotional and sentimental in a way that seems silly
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9.9
Too sentimental in a way that feels fake or silly
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9.9
Being too cute and childish in a sweet, exaggerated way
Showing strong, simple feelings in a way that seems fake
Too sweet and emotional so it feels false
Too emotional and sweet in a way that feels fake
Too sweet and sentimental in tone or style
Too cute in a silly or fake way
Too sentimental and not sincere
Being too emotional in a cheap, false way
Having too much sugar in taste or feeling too emotional
Antonyms
How Sentimental
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word treacly comes from treacle, a thick, sweet syrup like 'molasses'. So something treacly tastes or feels overly sweet or sentimental.