treacly

From treacle + -ly.

treacly (comparative treaclier, superlative treacliest)

1. Of a liquid, thick and sticky.

   Synonym: syrupy

2. Consisting of treacle, or cloying, sentimental speech.

   Synonyms: mushy, schmaltzy, saccharine, syrupy; see also Thesaurus:mawkish, Thesaurus:sweet

   • 2016 December 22, Witney Seibold, “The Sublime Satire of Gremlins 2: The New Batch”, in New Beverly Cinema Blog‎^[1]:

     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.

• clarety