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syrupy

Syllables: syr·u·py/ˈsɪr.ə.pi/

syrupy adjective: having the taste or consistency of syrup.

Adjective

syrupy (comparative syrupier, superlative syrupiest)

  1. Having the taste or consistency of syrup.
    • Upon which account ’tis that the Juice of ripe pulpy Apples, as Pippins, Rennetings, &c. that are of a ſyrupy tenacious nature, do detain in them more of the diſperſed particles of the Fruit that by the Preſſure comes out with the Liquor; […]1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, “Some Observations Relating to Cyder”, in The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock...
    Synonyms:
    treacly
  2. With syrup.
    • Who doesn’t like crisp, hot, buttery-and-syrupy waffles?1919 December, The Griswold Mfg. Co., “Winter days arouse the waffle appetite!”, in Edward W[illiam] Bok, editor, The Ladies’ Home Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, page 174
    • 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.1926 December 21, Anne Austin, “Saint and Sinner”, in Appleton Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis., page eight, column 4
    Synonyms:
    syruped
  3. Overly sweet.
  4. (figuratively) Overly sentimental.

syrupy meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

syrupy in Tamil

பாகு போன்ற

syrupy in Malayalam

sugary, oversweet, sweet
സിറപ്പുപോലുള്ള, മധുരക്കുഴമ്പുപോലുള്ള, സർബത്തുപോലുള്ള, മധുദ്രവമിശ്രിതമായ, മധുരമുള്ള, മധുരിക്കുന്ന
mawkish, sentimental, cloying
മധുരിക്കുന്ന, മധുരഗുണമുള്ള, അതിഭാവുകതയുള്ള, മധുരവികാരങ്ങൾ ഉണർത്തുന്ന, വികാരതാരളമായ, അതിഭാവുകപ്രവണതയുള്ള

Examples of syrupy in a sentence

  • The email was so syrupy and overblown that it read like pure glurge.
  • Boil the mixture down to a syrupy consistency.
  • When the scent was replaced by the maple syrupy smell of old paper, I opened my eyes.

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Synonyms of syrupy

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Forms of syrupy

comparativesyrupier
superlativesyrupiest
alternative form (dated)sirupy

Origin of syrupy

From syrup + -y.

Words formed from syrupy

Phrases with syrupy

Questions about syrupy

What does syrupy mean?
Syrupy means having the taste or consistency of syrup.
What is syrupy in Tamil?
Syrupy in Tamil is பாகு போன்ற. See Syrupy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is syrupy?
Syrupy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce syrupy?
Syrupy is pronounced /ˈsɪr.ə.pi/.

Words near syrupy in the dictionary

  1. syruping
  2. syrupless
  3. syruplike
  4. syrups
  5. syrups of figs
  6. syrupy
  7. Syrus
  8. Syryenian
  9. Syryenians
  10. sys
  11. Sys Rq

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Adapted from Wiktionary: syrupy (page history and authors); syrupy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); syrupy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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