cloy

verb

ˈklȯi

cloyed; cloying; cloys

transitive verb

: to supply with an unwanted or distasteful excess usually of something originally pleasing

… Cordelia has been cloyed by her sisters' excessive protestations of affection …

Rebecca West

intransitive verb

: to be or become insipid or distasteful usually through an excess of an originally pleasurable quality (such as sweetness)

… curious how the lemon keeps its bite when the sweet flavours have begun to cloy, and the crispness has departed.

Eric Korn

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Lengua gyutan, or beef tongue, soaked in a creamy mushroom gravy, seemed destined to cloy but turned out to be smooth, balanced, and savory.

Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2022 But before such moments can cloy, Arbery usefully complicates his case.

New York Times, 22 June 2022 That sweetness can cloy if it’s not suitably chilled and diluted, which is why almost everyone chooses to make it on the rocks.

Jason O'bryan, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2021 The museum’s sacredness to many, including me, can cloy a little.

Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021 This is not entirely a bad thing, and the movie, which begins streaming Friday on Disney+, emerges a generally charming, sometimes cloying exercise in wildlife anthropomorphism.

Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2020 Her 2014 autobiography, A Fighting Chance, and recent stump speeches are festooned in pep club spirit and folksy blandishments, cloying bits of business that have attached themselves to her life story.

Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 13 Feb. 2020 Well that’s because when the cookies are good, there’s little else that’s so perfectly fudgy but not dense, sweet but not cloying, satisfying, without putting you over the edge.

Alex Pastron, Bon Appétit, 4 Feb. 2020 The whole thing manages to be sweet, and funny, and not cloying in the way of so much kid-centric programming.

Sophie Kemp, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, to hinder, lame, alteration of acloyen to harm, maim, modification of Anglo-French encloer to nail, prick a horse with a nail in shoeing, from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin in + clavus nail

First Known Use

1528, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

单词	cloyed
释义	cloy verb ˈklȯi cloyed; cloying; cloys transitive verb : to supply with an unwanted or distasteful excess usually of something originally pleasing … Cordelia has been cloyed by her sisters' excessive protestations of affection … Rebecca West intransitive verb : to be or become insipid or distasteful usually through an excess of an originally pleasurable quality (such as sweetness) … curious how the lemon keeps its bite when the sweet flavours have begun to cloy, and the crispness has departed. Eric Korn Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Lengua gyutan, or beef tongue, soaked in a creamy mushroom gravy, seemed destined to cloy but turned out to be smooth, balanced, and savory. Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2022 But before such moments can cloy, Arbery usefully complicates his case. New York Times, 22 June 2022 That sweetness can cloy if it’s not suitably chilled and diluted, which is why almost everyone chooses to make it on the rocks. Jason O'bryan, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2021 The museum’s sacredness to many, including me, can cloy a little. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021 This is not entirely a bad thing, and the movie, which begins streaming Friday on Disney+, emerges a generally charming, sometimes cloying exercise in wildlife anthropomorphism. Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2020 Her 2014 autobiography, A Fighting Chance, and recent stump speeches are festooned in pep club spirit and folksy blandishments, cloying bits of business that have attached themselves to her life story. Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 13 Feb. 2020 Well that’s because when the cookies are good, there’s little else that’s so perfectly fudgy but not dense, sweet but not cloying, satisfying, without putting you over the edge. Alex Pastron, Bon Appétit, 4 Feb. 2020 The whole thing manages to be sweet, and funny, and not cloying in the way of so much kid-centric programming. Sophie Kemp, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2019 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, to hinder, lame, alteration of acloyen to harm, maim, modification of Anglo-French encloer to nail, prick a horse with a nail in shoeing, from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin in + clavus nail First Known Use 1528, in the meaning defined at transitive sense cloyed verb past tense of cloy as in surfeited Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance surfeited saturated satiated lightened alleviated gratified sated relieved slaked humored indulged quenched satisfied catered (to) assuaged Antonyms & Near Antonyms stimulated aroused excited piqued tantalized teased
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