cloying

cloy  (kloi)

v. cloyed, cloy·ing, cloys

v.tr.

To cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant, especially something rich or sweet; surfeit.

v.intr.

To be too filling, rich, or sweet.

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[Short for obsolete accloy, to clog, from Middle English acloien, from Old French encloer, to drive a nail into, from Medieval Latin inclvre : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Latin clvre, to nail (from clvus, nail).]

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cloying·ly adv.

cloying·ness n.

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cloying

Adjective

so sweet or pleasurable that it ultimately becomes sickly: cloying sentimentality [Middle English cloy originally to nail, hence, to obstruct]

cloyingly adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

cloying - overly sweet                         saccharine, syrupy, treacly sweet - having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

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cloying

adjective 1. sickly, nauseating, icky (informal) treacly, oversweet, excessive

adjective 2. over-sentimental, sickly, nauseating, mushy, twee, slushy, mawkish, icky (informal) treacly, oversweet

Translations

cloying [ˈklɔɪɪŋ] adj [taste] → empalagoso

cloying [ˈklɔɪɪŋ] adj [taste, smell] → écœurant(e)

cloying [ˈklɔɪɪŋ] adj → süßlich

cloying [ˈklɔɪɪŋ] adj [taste, smell] → nauseabondo/a