treacly
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treacly (comparative treaclier, superlative treacliest)
- (of a liquid) thick and sticky
- consisting of treacle, or cloying sentimental speech
- 2016, Witney Seibold, The Sublime Satire of Gremlins 2: The New Batch, in: the New Beverly Cinema Blog, December 22, 2016
- Some call the subgenre “alternative Christmas,” as it’s a subgenre of Christmas movies that tend to eschew the saccharine good times most frequently promised by treacly holiday fare in favor of violent action, horror or gore.
- 2016, Witney Seibold, The Sublime Satire of Gremlins 2: The New Batch, in: the New Beverly Cinema Blog, December 22, 2016