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Definitions for Cloy

[1] to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
[2] to become uninteresting or distasteful through overabundance: A diet of cake and candy soon cloys.
[3] to make weary or cause weariness through an excess of something initially pleasurable or sweet

Words related to Cloy

nauseate, satiate, satisfy, surfeit, glut, suffice, weary, pall, sicken, stall, sate, disgust, gorge, jade, fill, stodge

Words nearby Cloy

clown anemone, clown car, clown white, clownery, cloxacillin, cloy, cloying, cloze, cloze test, cloë, clpbd

Origin of Cloy

1350–1400; aphetic variant of Middle English acloyen < Middle French enclo(y)er < Late Latin inclāvāre to nail in, equivalent to in- in-2 + -clāvāre, verbal derivative of clāvus nail

Other words from Cloy

o·ver·cloy , verb (used with object)
un·cloyed , adjective

Word origin for Cloy

C14 (originally: to nail, hence, to obstruct): from earlier acloyen, from Old French encloer , from Medieval Latin inclavāre, from Latin clāvāre to nail, from clāvus a nail

Synonyms for Cloy

nauseate, disgust, fill, glut, gorge, jade, pall, sate, satiate, satisfy, sicken, stall, suffice, surfeit, weary, stodge