Syrupy

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sirupy \Sir"up*y\, Syrupy \Syr"up*y\, a.
     Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities. --Mortimer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Syrup \Syr"up\, n., Syrupy \Syr"up*y\, a. [See {Sirup}.]
     Same as {Sirup}, {Sirupy}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  syrupy
       adj 1: overly sweet [syn: {cloying}, {saccharine}, {treacly}]
       2: having a relatively high resistance to flow [syn: {viscous}]
       3: with honey added [syn: {honeyed}, {honied}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "syrupy":
     adhesive, ambrosial, amylaceous, bittersweet, candied, clabbered,
     clammy, clotted, coagulated, curdled, doughy, drippy, gaumy,
     gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose,
     glutinous, gooey, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous,
     gummy, heavy, honeyed, honeysweet, inspissated, jelled, jellied,
     jellylike, maudlin, melliferous, mellifluent, mellifluous, moist,
     mucilaginous, mushy, nectareous, nectarous, pasty, ropy,
     sacchariferous, sappy, slabby, slimy, slithery, slushy, sour-sweet,
     starchy, sticky, stodgy, stringy, sugarcoated, sugared, sugarsweet,
     sugary, sweet, sweet and pungent, sweet and sour, sweet as sugar,
     sweetened, sweetish, tacky, tenacious, thick, thickened, tough,
     tremelloid, tremellose, viscid, viscose, viscous