cloying
adjective
causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess.
cloyingly
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a word derived from
cloying.
Example Sentences
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Confectionery creativity has made its way back to the United States, where pastry chefs are looking past cloyingly sweet treats smothered in chocolate sauce and ooey-gooey cookies that send you into a sugar coma.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2025
It takes a little over an hour for “Nobu” to marinate long enough to approach a point of complexity, not exactly bitter but no longer cloyingly sweet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
His gracefully produced sound nevertheless carried wonderfully throughout the Met’s vast auditorium, and his acting, subtly charming instead of cloyingly eager, was of a piece with his voice.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
Nasri Atweh had an international smash with “Rude,” the kind of cloyingly effective earworm only a true craftsman could have constructed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
At five o’clock in the morning, Blanca awoke with an upset stomach from the cloyingly sweet smell of the flowers with which her father had adorned the nuptial chamber.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
