| Main Entry: | sugary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | containing sugar |
Synonyms: |
candied, granular, sticky, sweet |
| Main Entry: | sugary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cloyingly sweet |
Synonyms: |
cloying, honeyed, mawkish, sappy, sentimental, sugarcoated, unctuous |
| Main Entry: | sugary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sweetened |
Synonyms: |
candied, flattering, glace, honeyed, mawkish, pleasant, sacchariferous, saccharine, sticky, sweet, syrupy |
| Main Entry: | cloying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickly sweet |
Synonyms: |
cheesy*, cornball, corny*, cutesy, drippy, gooey, honeyed, mushy, over-sentimental, oversweet, saccharine, sappy, sentimental, sugary, syrupy |
| Main Entry: | honeyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sweetened |
Synonyms: |
cajoling, candied, dulcet, flattering, ingratiating, sugarcoated, sugary |
| Main Entry: | mushy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | romantic, corny |
Synonyms: |
bathetic, effusive, emotional, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mawkish, saccharine, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy*, slushy, soppy, sugary, syrupy, tear-jerking, weepy, wet |
Antonyms: |
unfeeling, unromantic |
| Main Entry: | sentimental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | emotional, romantic |
Synonyms: |
affected, affectionate, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy, effusive, gushing, gushy, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, moonstruck, mushy, nostalgic, overacted, overemotional, passionate, pathetic, rosewater, saccharine*, sappy*, schmaltzy, silly, simpering, sloppy*, slushy, soapy, soft, softhearted, sugary, sweet, syrupy, tear-jerking, tearful, tender, touching, vapid, visionary, weepy |
Antonyms: |
hard-hearted, indifferent, pragmatic, unemotional, unromantic, unsentimental |
| Main Entry: | ingratiatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insinuating |
Synonyms: |
charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, ingratiating, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, sugary, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
| Main Entry: | insinuating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attempting to gain favor |
Synonyms: |
charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, ingratiating, ingratiatory, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, sugary, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
| Main Entry: | schmaltzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental |
Synonyms: |
affected, affectionate, bathetic, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy*, effusive, gushing, gushy, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, mawkish, moonstruck, mushy, nostalgic, overacted, overemotional, passionate, pathetic, romantic, rosewater, saccharine*, sappy*, silly, simpering, sloppy*, slushy, soapy, sobby, soft, softhearted, soppy, sugary, sweet, syrupy, tear-jerking, tearful, tender, touching, vapid, visionary, weepy |