cloying en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ/
Etymology
By surface analysis, cloy + -ing.
Meanings
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Unpleasantly excessive.
The cloying fondness she displayed was what, in the end, drove me away.
It was a cloying sense of deja vu attached to the team that finished seventh last season, 22 points off the top and drastically in need of some more dynamism.
August 16 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow," guardian.co.uk
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Excessively sweet.
Oliver (Barry Keoghan): I don't normally like chocolate cake. / Elspeth (Rosamund Pike): Yes, it can be cloying, can't it?
2023, Emerald Fennell, 1:38:29 from the start, in Saltburn:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most cloying | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more cloying | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cloyingly · cloyingness · noncloying · uncloying
Relateds
Synonyms
unpleasantly excessive · oversweet (excessively sweet) · syrupy (excessively sweet) · treacly (excessively sweet) · saccharine (excessively sweet)
Translations (39)
sv sötsliskig (excessively sweet) · de gefühlsduselig (excessively sweet) · it stucchevole (excessively sweet) · nl buitenissig (unpleasantly excessive) · hu eltúlzott (unpleasantly excessive) · it sdolcinato (excessively sweet) · ca embafador (excessively sweet) · hu túlzott (unpleasantly excessive) · hu túl édes (excessively sweet) · ru слаща́вый (unpleasantly excessive) · es empalagoso (excessively sweet) · ru слаща́вый (excessively sweet) · nl excessief (unpleasantly excessive) · da vammelsød (excessively sweet) · it stucchevole (unpleasantly excessive) · fi imelä (excessively sweet) · de rührselig (excessively sweet) · fr écœurant (excessively sweet) · de übertrieben (unpleasantly excessive) · ca embafador (unpleasantly excessive) · hu émelygős (unpleasantly excessive) · nl zeemzoet (excessively sweet) · bg пресищащ (unpleasantly excessive) · nl mierzoet (excessively sweet) · bg възсладък (excessively sweet) · hu émelyítő (unpleasantly excessive) · fi imelä (unpleasantly excessive) · hu émelyítő (excessively sweet) · ga rómhilis (excessively sweet) · cs přeslazený (excessively sweet) · nl stroperig (excessively sweet) · ru при́торный (excessively sweet) · sv sliskig (excessively sweet) · ja 甘ったるい (excessively sweet) · fi äitelä (excessively sweet) · es empalagoso (unpleasantly excessive) · da vammel (unpleasantly excessive) · de süßlich (excessively sweet) · es empachoso (unpleasantly excessive)