cloying

cloy

C0423700 (kloi)v. cloyed, cloy·ing, cloys v.tr. To cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant, especially something rich or sweet; surfeit.v.intr. To be too filling, rich, or sweet.

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[Short for obsolete accloy, to clog, from Middle English acloien, from Old French encloer, to drive a nail into, from Medieval Latin inclāvāre : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Latin clāvāre, to nail (from clāvus, nail).]

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cloy′ing·ly adv.cloy′ing·ness n.

cloying

(ˈklɔɪɪŋ) adjinitially pleasurable or sweet but wearying in excess ˈcloyingly adv

cloy•ing

(ˈklɔɪ ɪŋ)

adj. 1. causing distaste or disgust through excess. 2. overly ingratiating or sentimental. [1540–50] cloy′ing•ly, adv.

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cloying - overly sweet saccharine, syrupy, treaclysweet - having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

cloying

adjective1. sickly, nauseating, icky (informal), treacly, oversweet, excessive Her cheap, cloying scent enveloped him.2. over-sentimental, sickly, nauseating, mushy, twee, slushy, mawkish, icky (informal), treacly, oversweet The film is sentimental but rarely cloying.

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