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1 sirupeux
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2 sirupeux
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3 liquoreux
liquoreux, -euse [likɔʀø, øz]adjective[vin] syrupy* * *likɔʀø, øz adj (-euse)* * *( féminin liquoreuse) [likɔrø, øz] adjectif -
4 mielleux
mielleux, -euse [mjelø, øz]adjective[personne] slimy ; [paroles, ton] honeyed* * *- euse mjɛlø, øz adjectif fig [ton, paroles] unctuous, honeyed; [personne] fawning* * *mjelø, øz adj (-euse)péjoratif sugary, honeyed* * *1. [doucereux] sickly sweet -
5 mièvre
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6 dégueulando
adj. inv. (of melody): Gushing and syrupy. (This word has built-in jocularity to make it resemble the instructions on a musical score.) -
7 eau
n. f.1. N'avoir pas inventé l'eau chaude (joc. & iron.): To be 'slow on the uptake', to be rather dimwitted (also: nepas avoir inventé lefil à couper le beurre).2. Tomber à l'eau (of plan, project): To 'fall through', to come to nothing.3. Mettre de l'eau dans son vin: To 'lower one's sights', to accept more humble aspirations.4. Il y a de l'eau dans legaz: There's a 'fly in the ointment'— There seems to be something of a problem.5. Nager entre deux eaux: To 'sit on the fence', to avoid committing oneself.6. Croyez ça et buvez de l'eau! (iron.): If you believe that, you'll believe anything!7. De laplus belle eau (adj.exp.): Of the worst kind. C'est une ordure de la plus belle eau! There's no doubt he's a real swine!8. De l'eau de bidet: 'Bugger-all of value' (something barely worth contempt).10. Un roman à l'eau de rose: A 'dewy' novelette (the kind of syrupy fiction devoured by low-brow sentimentalists). -
8 guimauve
n. f.1. Over-sentimental ballad. Tout son oseille il se l'est fait en roucoulant de la guimauve: He made a packet crooning his syrupy songs.2. Cheap sentimental novelette, literary twaddle.3. 'Limp prick', impotent penis. -
9 roucouler
v. intrans.1. To sing soppy and syrupy love-ballads. (Crooning is a possible translation but is less pejorative.)2. To whisper loveydovey sweet nothings. (The billing-and-cooing image is extended in these colloquial meanings.)
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