treacle
/ˈtrikəl/
noun
- A thick, sweet, dark syrup made from sugar, used in cooking and baking.
- The recipe calls for two tablespoons of treacle.
- She drizzled treacle over the warm pudding.
- Treacle gives gingerbread its rich, dark color and flavor.
- Something overly sentimental or sweet in a cloying way.
- I can't stand all that treacle in greeting card poems.
- The movie was full of romantic treacle and predictable happy endings.
- His speech was pure treacle, designed to win sympathy.
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