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[ kloi-ing ] / ˈklɔɪ ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cloying ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess: a perfume of cloying sweetness. overly ingratiating or sentimental. Origin of cloyingFirst recorded in 1540–50; cloy + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM cloyingcloy·ing·ly, adverbun·cloy·ing, adjectiveWords nearby cloyingclown car, clownery, clown white, cloxacillin, cloy, cloying, clozapine, Clozaril, cloze, cloze test, clpbd Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cloyingAnd sure, this product—made from French vodka—is cloying in its sweetness. The Appeal of Cinnabon Vodka and the Rise of Flavored Vodkas|Daniel Gross|November 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST After all, The Selfish Giant is one of the most cloying works in literature. Charles Dickens' Enduring Insights on Human Loss and Suffering|David Frum|February 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST Cranberry sauce should be sweet but not cloying, and tart without causing pucker and anguish. Sam Sifton’s Thanksgiving Recipes|Sam Sifton|November 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST This is not to suggest Ann is cloying or offputtingly perfect. Michelle Obama’s Democratic Convention Speech: What She Needs to Do|Michelle Cottle|September 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Perfect couples who claim to be open are just as cloying as other perfect types. Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Open Relationships, and Divorce|Tracy Quan|November 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST I will even agree to express but half my esteem for you, for fear of cloying you with too full a dose. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson They began smelling smells they never dreamed existed—noxious smells, cloying smells, smells that drove them gagging to the sinks. The Coffin Cure|Alan Edward Nourse Here every day is a holiday, a jubilee ever sounding with serene enthusiasm, without wear or waste or cloying weariness. My First Summer in the Sierra|John Muir He smelled the cloying reek from up-stairs, and heard her giggling with Ted. From his threshold, watching him with a slight contraction of the eyes, Brentwick hailed him in tones of cloying courtesy. The Black Bag|Louis Joseph Vance
British Dictionary definitions for cloying
adjectiveinitially pleasurable or sweet but wearying in excess Derived forms of cloyingcloyingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cloyingsugary, sentimental, gooey, sappy, saccharine, syrupy, honeyed, cheesy, corny, mushy, drippy, cornball, cutesy, over-sentimental, oversweet |