1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Treacly

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. thick and sticky

adj. consisting of treacle, or cloying sentimental speech

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Like, or composed of, treacle.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Composed of or like treacle abounding in treacle; sweet and viscous.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. overly sweet

Word Usage

"He threw back his head, cleared his tight throat sonorously, and began, in tones perhaps best described as treacly, to address the seated company, with an intention also towards the larger audience without."

Equivalent

sweet

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

nutlike small methane/air monoclinic anti-trade supercharge greasier extra-strong bromidic painty