treacly
adjEtymology From treacle + -ly.
1
Of a liquid, thick and sticky.
2
Consisting of treacle, or cloying, sentimental speech.
- 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 December 22, Witney Seibold, “The Sublime Satire of Gremlins 2: The New Batch”, in New Beverly Cinema Blog:
- Derived terms
- treacliness