empalagoso — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cheesy adj Tasting or smelling of cheese.
- clingy adj Overly dependent on or attached to another person, especially a partner.
- cloying adj Unpleasantly excessive.
- saccharine adjective Sentimental in an exaggerated, sickly way that feels insincere.
- sickly adj Frequently ill, or generally weak and unhealthy.
- slimy adj Covered in or resembling slime.
- syrupy adj Having the taste or consistency of syrup.
Senses
empalagoso is used for these senses in English:
- cheesy (informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.
- clingy (informal, usually, derogatory) Pathetically attached to, or possessive of someone, usually a significant other.
- cloying Unpleasantly excessive.
- cloying Excessively sweet.
- oleaginous (of manner or speech) Falsely or affectedly earnest; persuasively suave.
- saccharine (figurative, derogatory) Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.
- sickly Overly sweet.
- sickly sweet Too sweet; sickeningly sweet or sentimental.
cheesy — full definition
- adj Tasting or smelling of cheese.
- adj Overly sentimental, corny, or of poor quality in an obvious way.
clingy — full definition
- adj Overly dependent on or attached to another person, especially a partner.
- adj Tending to stick to a surface.