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Definition of Cloying
1. Adjective. Overly sweet.
Exact synonyms: Saccharine, Syrupy, Treacly
Similar to: Sweet
Derivative terms: Saccharinity, Treacle, Treacle
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
Literary usage of Cloying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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