cloying
Use Cloying in a sentence
ɪŋ adjective
1.
causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess: a perfume of cloying sweetness.
2.
overly ingratiating or sentimental.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
verb (used without object)
2.
to become uninteresting or distasteful through overabundance: A diet of cake and candy soon cloys.
Origin:
1350–1400; aphetic variant of Middle English acloyen < Middle French enclo(y)er < Late Latin inclāvāre to nail in, equivalent to in- in-2 + -clāvāre, verbal derivative of clāvus nail
1350–1400; aphetic variant of Middle English acloyen < Middle French enclo(y)er < Late Latin inclāvāre to nail in, equivalent to in- in-2 + -clāvāre, verbal derivative of clāvus nail
Related forms
o·ver·cloy, verb (used with object)
un·cloyed, adjective
Synonyms
1. glut, sate, bore.
1. glut, sate, bore.
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cloy (klɔɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| to make weary or cause weariness through an excess of something initially pleasurable or sweet | |
| [C14 (originally: to nail, hence, to obstruct): from earlier acloyen, from Old French encloer, from Medieval Latin inclavāre, from Latin clāvāre to nail, from clāvus a nail] | |
| cloying (ˈklɔɪɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| initially pleasurable or sweet but wearying in excess | |
| 'cloyingly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
cloy
1530, aphetic of Anglo-Norm. acloyer, from O.Fr. enclouer "to fasten with a nail, hinder, cripple a horse by driving a nail into the hoof," from clou "a nail," from V.L. inclavare, from L. clavus "a nail" (see slot (2)). Meaning "to fill to loathing, surfeit" is first recorded 1530.
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Example sentences
The flesh was creamy and sweet, though far from cloying.
Palate entry is delightfully off-dry to sweet but neither cloying nor heavy.
Gift stores prominently display cloying teddy bears and expensive heart-shaped chocolates.
Another trick is to realize that cloying smells stick to surface area.
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