Definition of Cloying

1. Adjective. Overly sweet.

Exact synonyms: Saccharine, Syrupy, Treacly
Similar to: Sweet
Derivative terms: Saccharinity, Treacle, Treacle

Definition of Cloying

1. Verb. (present participle of cloy) ¹

2. Adjective. Unpleasantly excessive. ¹

3. Adjective. Excessively sweet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cloying

1. cloy [v] - See also: cloy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloying

clownishly
clownishness
clownishnesses
clownlike
clownology
clowns
clows
cloxacillin
cloxacillin sodium
cloxacillins
cloxazolam
cloy
cloye
cloyed
cloyes
cloying (current term)
cloyingly
cloyingness
cloyless
cloyment
cloyments
cloys
cloysome
cloyster
cloysters
clozapine
clozapines
cloze
cloze procedure
cloze test

Literary usage of Cloying

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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... right of a majority :— than Taylor, but it is a cloying manner; his facility of «peech and coming imagination are masters of him, not he of them. ..."

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