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Definitions for Cloying

[1] causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess: a perfume of cloying sweetness.
[2] overly ingratiating or sentimental.
[3] to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
[4] to become uninteresting or distasteful through overabundance: A diet of cake and candy soon cloys.
[5] initially pleasurable or sweet but wearying in excess
[6] to make weary or cause weariness through an excess of something initially pleasurable or sweet

Words related to Cloying

sugary, sentimental, gooey, sappy, saccharine, syrupy, honeyed, cheesy, corny, mushy, drippy, cornball, cutesy, over-sentimental, oversweet

Words nearby Cloying

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Origin of Cloying

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 Cloying

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

Word origin for Cloying

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 Cloying

gooey, saccharine, sappy, sentimental, sugary, syrupy, honeyed, cheesy, cornball, corny, cutesy, drippy, mushy, over-sentimental, oversweet