cloying

[ kloi-ing ]
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adjective
  1. causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess: a perfume of cloying sweetness.

  2. overly ingratiating or sentimental.

Origin of cloying

1
First recorded in 1540–50; cloy + -ing2

Other words from cloying

  • cloy·ing·ly, adverb
  • un·cloy·ing, adjective

Words Nearby cloying

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British Dictionary definitions for cloying

cloying

/ (ˈklɔɪɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. initially pleasurable or sweet but wearying in excess

Derived forms of cloying

  • cloyingly, adverb

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