treacly

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adjective

Of a liquid, thick and sticky.

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syrupymushyschmaltzysaccharinebatheticcheesysquishycorny
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English treacle →
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Meanings

adjectivetreacly (comparative treaclier, superlative treacliest)

comparative treaclier · superlative treacliest

  1. Of a liquid, thick and sticky.

    Synonyms: syrupy

  2. Consisting of treacle, or cloying, sentimental speech.

    Some call the subgenre “alternative Christmas,” as it’s a subgenre of Christmas movies that tend to eschew the saccharine good times most frequently promised by treacly holiday fare in favor of violent action, horror or gore.

    2016 December 22, Witney Seibold, “The Sublime Satire of Gremlins 2: The New Batch”, in New Beverly Cinema Blog

    Synonyms: mushy, schmaltzy, saccharine, syrupy, bathetic, cheesy, squishy, corny

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf a liquid, thick and sticky.

Similar
syrupy

adjectiveConsisting of treacle, or cloying, sentimental speech.

Similar
mushyschmaltzysaccharinesyrupybatheticcheesysquishycornydrippygooeyhokeyickykitschkitschymaudlinmawkishmushyoveremotionaloversentimentaloverwrought

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveoverly sweet

Similar
cloyingsaccharinesyrupysweet
Also see
cloyinggooeyickymawkishmucidsaccharinesappysickly sweetsoppystiffsyrupythickviscous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishtreacle
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishtreacly

From treacle + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

clarety
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APA

treacly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treacly

MLA

“treacly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treacly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “treacly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treacly.

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