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cloying

(klɔɪɪŋ)

adjective

You use cloying to describe something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental.

Her cheap, cloying scent enveloped him.

Most TV kids are so cloying.

Synonyms: sickly, nauseating, icky [informal], treacly More Synonyms of cloying

cloyingly graded adverb [ADVERB adjective/adverb]

The film is too cloyingly sentimental.

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cloying in British English

(ˈklɔɪɪŋ)

adjective

initially pleasurable or sweet but wearying in excess

Derived forms

cloyingly (ˈcloyingly)

adverb

cloying in American English

(ˈklɔɪɪŋ)

verb transitive, verb intransitive

1. prp. of

cloy

adjective

displeasing or distasteful because of excess

cloying sweetness

overly sweet, sentimental, etc.

a cloying romance novel

Derived forms

cloyingly (ˈcloyingly)

adverb

Examples of 'cloying' in a sentence
cloying

The heavy cloying unhappiness of the dream still clung around her like an aura.Its cloying scent brought on sickness and a special heavy sadness.Impossible to change because of their clawlike rigidity, the gauze had begun to exude the cloying reek of infection.

1 (adjective) in the sense of sickly

Definition

so sweet or pleasurable that it ultimately becomes sickly

Her cheap, cloying scent enveloped him.

Synonyms

sickly

the sickly smell of rum

nauseating

the nauseating smell of rotting garbage

icky (informal)

treacly

oversweet

excessive

2 (adjective) in the sense of over-sentimental

Definition

so sweet or pleasurable that it ultimately becomes sickly

The film is sentimental but rarely cloying.

Synonyms

over-sentimental

sickly

a sickly sequel to the flimsy series

nauseating

mushy (informal)

Don't go getting all mushy and sentimental.

twee

Although twee at times, the script is well-constructed.

slushy

mawkish

a sentimental plot with an inevitable mawkish ending

icky (informal)

treacly

oversweet

Additional synonyms

in the sense of mawkish

Definition

foolishly or embarrassingly sentimental

a sentimental plot with an inevitable mawkish ending

Synonyms

sentimental,

emotional,

feeble,

mushy (informal),

soppy (British, informal),

maudlin,

slushy (informal),

schmaltzy (slang),

icky (informal),

gushy (informal),

three-hankie (informal)

in the sense of mushy

Definition

excessively sentimental

Don't go getting all mushy and sentimental.

Synonyms

sentimental,

emotional,

wet (British, informal),

sloppy (informal),

corny (slang),

sugary,

maudlin,

weepy,

saccharine,

syrupy,

slushy (informal),

mawkish,

schmaltzy (slang),

icky (informal),

three-hankie (informal)

in the sense of nauseating

the nauseating smell of rotting garbage

Synonyms

sickening,

foul,

revolting,

sickly,

odious,

stomach-churning,

putrid,

stomach-turning,

emetic,

sick-making,

yucko (Australian, slang)

Nearby words of
cloying

clown
clownish
cloy
cloying
club
clue
clueless

单词	cloying
释义	Trends of cloying View usage for: cloying (klɔɪɪŋ) adjective You use cloying to describe something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental. Her cheap, cloying scent enveloped him. Most TV kids are so cloying. Synonyms: sickly, nauseating, icky [informal], treacly More Synonyms of cloying cloyingly graded adverb [ADVERB adjective/adverb] The film is too cloyingly sentimental. More Synonyms of cloying cloying in British English (ˈklɔɪɪŋ) adjective initially pleasurable or sweet but wearying in excess Derived forms cloyingly (ˈcloyingly) adverb cloying in American English (ˈklɔɪɪŋ) verb transitive, verb intransitive 1. prp. of cloy adjective 2. displeasing or distasteful because of excess cloying sweetness 3. overly sweet, sentimental, etc. a cloying romance novel Derived forms cloyingly (ˈcloyingly) adverb Examples of 'cloying' in a sentence cloying The heavy cloying unhappiness of the dream still clung around her like an aura. Barbara Erskine HIDING FROM THE LIGHT (2001) Its cloying scent brought on sickness and a special heavy sadness. Haines, Pamela THE GOLDEN LION (2001) Impossible to change because of their clawlike rigidity, the gauze had begun to exude the cloying reek of infection. Louise Erdrich THE LAST REPORT ON THE MIRACLES AT LITTLE NO HORSE: A NOVEL (2001) 1 (adjective) in the sense of sickly Definition so sweet or pleasurable that it ultimately becomes sickly Her cheap, cloying scent enveloped him. Synonyms sickly the sickly smell of rum nauseating the nauseating smell of rotting garbage icky (informal) treacly oversweet excessive 2 (adjective) in the sense of over-sentimental Definition so sweet or pleasurable that it ultimately becomes sickly The film is sentimental but rarely cloying. Synonyms over-sentimental sickly a sickly sequel to the flimsy series nauseating mushy (informal) Don't go getting all mushy and sentimental. twee Although twee at times, the script is well-constructed. slushy mawkish a sentimental plot with an inevitable mawkish ending icky (informal) treacly oversweet Additional synonyms in the sense of mawkish Definition foolishly or embarrassingly sentimental a sentimental plot with an inevitable mawkish ending Synonyms sentimental, emotional, feeble, mushy (informal), soppy (British, informal), maudlin, slushy (informal), schmaltzy (slang), icky (informal), gushy (informal), three-hankie (informal) in the sense of mushy Definition excessively sentimental Don't go getting all mushy and sentimental. Synonyms sentimental, emotional, wet (British, informal), sloppy (informal), corny (slang), sugary, maudlin, weepy, saccharine, syrupy, slushy (informal), mawkish, schmaltzy (slang), icky (informal), three-hankie (informal) in the sense of nauseating the nauseating smell of rotting garbage Synonyms sickening, foul, revolting, sickly, odious, stomach-churning, putrid, stomach-turning, emetic, sick-making, yucko (Australian, slang) Nearby words of cloying clown clownish cloy cloying club clue clueless Related terms of cloying cloy Synonyms of 'cloying' cloying Explore 'cloying' in the dictionary
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