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Definitions for Cloyed
[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 Cloyed
cloynauseate, satiate, satisfy, surfeit, glut, suffice, weary, pall, sicken, stall, sate, disgust, gorge, jade, fill, stodge
Words nearby Cloyed
cloyclown anemone, clown car, clown white, clownery, cloxacillin, cloy, cloying, cloze, cloze test, cloë, clpbd
Origin of Cloyed
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 Cloyed
o·ver·cloy , verb (used with object)
un·cloyed , adjective
Word origin for Cloyed
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 Cloyed
nauseate, disgust, fill, glut, gorge, jade, pall, sate, satiate, satisfy, sicken, stall, suffice, surfeit, weary, stodge