cloying adj : overly sweet [syn: saccharine, syrupy, treacly]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪɪŋ

Verb

cloying

1. present participle of cloy

Adjective

1. Unpleasantly excessive.

   The cloying fondness she displayed was what in the end drove me away.

2. Excessively sweet.

Synonyms

• sense unpleasantly excessive
• sense excessively sweet syrupy, treacly

Derived terms

• cloyingly

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