cloy
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
to become uninteresting or distasteful through overabundance: A diet of cake and candy soon cloys.
Origin of cloy
1Other words for cloy
Other words from cloy
- o·ver·cloy, verb (used with object)
- un·cloyed, adjective
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How to use cloy in a sentence
They still do, after millions of sales in 44 languages—and long after it all cloyed for Jansson.
Sunburst lay cloyed among the products of field and forest and stream.
Mrs. Falchion, Complete | Gilbert ParkerIt was four inches deep—lovey this and dovey that till it fairly cloyed one.
The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives | Elizabeth Strong WorthingtonMrs. Williams could not endure the smell of fish; they had been cloyed on small game, and were surfeited on venison.
Woodcraft and Camping | George Washington Sears (Nessmuk)This cloyed her, and now she does not take sugar in her tea.
The Funny Side of Physic | A. D. Crabtre
This is a great country, but the very air you breathe is cloyed with your national utilitarianism.
The Great Prince Shan | E. Phillips Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for cloy
/ (klɔɪ) /
to make weary or cause weariness through an excess of something initially pleasurable or sweet
Origin of cloy
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