syrupy

/ˈsɪrəpi/

Syrupy things are very, very sweet—probably a little too sweet! A syrupy dessert might make your teeth hurt.

Things that are literally syrupy have the drippy, sticky sweetness of molasses or honey. If something is figuratively syrupy, it's so sentimental that it makes you cringe, like syrupy love songs or syrupy greeting cards. The adjective syrupy comes from syrup, "thick, sweet liquid," from the Arabic sharab, "beverage."

Definitions of syrupy

1. adjective

   overly sweet
   synonyms: cloying, saccharine, treacly

   sweet

   having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
2. adjective

   with honey added
   synonyms: honeyed, honied

   sugary

   containing sugar
3. adjective

   having a relatively high resistance to flow
   synonyms: viscous

   thick

   relatively dense in consistency