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 [ˈklɔɪɪŋ]

adj

initially pleasurable or sweet but wearying in excess

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 Her cheap, cloying scent enveloped him.

2. over-sentimental, sickly, nauseating, mushy, twee, slushy, mawkish, icky (informal), treacly, oversweet The film is sentimental but rarely cloying.

Translations

cloying [ˈklɔɪɪŋ] ADJ → empalagoso

cloying [ˈklɔɪɪŋ] adj

[taste, smell] → écœurant(e)

[sentimentality] → mièvre
cloze test [ˈkləʊztɛst] n (= gap-fill) → texte m à trous

cloying

adj (lit) → übermäßig süß; cloying sentimentality → gefühlsduselige Sentimentalität

cloying [ˈklɔɪɪŋ] adj (taste, smell) → stucchevole