cloyingn.
/ˈklɔɪɪŋ/ The action of cloy v.1, in its different senses.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > putting weapons or equipment out of action > [noun] > spiking guns
cloying1548
nailing1704
the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of feet or hooves > caused by shoeing
retreatc1465
cloying1548
accloy1673
retract1738
bind1908
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > satiating or cloying quality > action of satiating or cloying
cloying1548
satiation1609
palling1832
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke v. (R.) Lest..to muche presence may be a cloiyng to them.
1587 L. Mascall First Bk. Cattell ii. 144 The cloying of a horse is an ill hurt, which cometh by euil shooing.
1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 8 Vpon Cloying, how to vnbreetch them [guns].
1710 Brit. Apollo 6–9 Oct. When Enjoyment comes to Cloying There's an end then of Enjoying.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
cloyingadj.
That cloys; satiating; †clogging.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering
cumbrousa1400
accumbrousa1450
pesterable1540
pesterous1548
clogginga1568
cumbersome1594
pestering1606
encumbering1641
cloying1647
hampering1812
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > causing satiety
fulsomec1430
surfeiting?1569
glutting1574
over-cloying1592
cloysome1603
gluttish1655
palling1667
saturating1684
cloying1752
satiating1769
unwearable1846
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] > over-fed, gorged, or sated > overfeeding or gorging
fulsome1555
overfeeding1621
saturating1684
cloying1808
stodging1898
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. i. ii. xxxi Rend the thick curtain of cold cloying night.
1752 H. Fielding Amelia II. v. x. 172 With regard to Love, I declare I never found any thing cloying in it.
1808 Salmagundi 25 Jan. 420 It had a cloying sweetness that palled upon the taste.
1814 L. Hunt Feast of Poets 27 The charge against Pope of a monotonous and cloying versification is not new.
Derivatives
ˈcloyingness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > satiating or cloying quality
cloyingness1862
1862 Sat. Rev. 14 460/1 The honeyed cup, with all its cloyingness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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