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trea·cly

(trē′klē)

adj.

Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.

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Adj.

treacly - overly sweet

cloying, saccharine, syrupy

sweet - having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

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stucchevole

treacly

[ˈtriːklɪ] ADJ (= like treacle) → parecido a melaza; (= covered in treacle) → cubierto de melaza

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

treacly

adj (+er) (lit) → sirupartig; (fig) voice → honig- or zuckersüß; song, sentiment → schmalzig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

treacly

[ˈtriːklɪ] adj (substance) → sciropposo/a (fig) (voice) → melato/a

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There's plenty to like here - some good performances and strong humour - but it comes with an ending that isn't just treacly but deeply improbable.

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Jacqueline Cambas' editing is notably stiff, and Joseph Vitarelli's score just plain treacly.

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GWYNETH Paltrow is such a class act that she gives this rather treacly melodrama much more credit than it deserves.

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Sweet, sentimental and sickly, The Holiday will have you gagging on its treacly plot.

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That was evident in the contrast between Eric Clapton's tried, true and totally treacly rendition of "Wonderful Tonight" and the burnished power Slowhand and Jean wrung from the new "Is This Romance?"

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The treacly version of interMission, Richard Curtis's tales of London romance add up to good escapist stuff.

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A deaf mother joins a sign-language theater troupe to make her young daughter better understand her predicament in "I Love You," a message movie that isn't quite as right-on and treacly as it sounds but which, outside Japan, will be limited to special events and screenings for the hearing-impaired.

I LOVE YOU

Don't expect big laughs - but there are some gently comic sidewipes by Murphy and Co in a sometimes too treacly piece which also stirs in romance, corporate backstabbing and media manipulation.