cloying

/ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

nosty, trite, trying

VERB + CLOYING

found, recognised, thought

CLOYING + NOUN

deja, fondness, he's, mary's, nickname

PREP.

with

ADV.

always, rather

Definitions

adj

Unpleasantly excessive.

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

It was a cloying sense of deja vu attached to the team that finished seventh last season, 22 points off the top and drastically in need of some more dynamism.

Excessively sweet.

Oliver (Barry Keoghan): I don't normally like chocolate cake. / Elspeth (Rosamund Pike): Yes, it can be cloying, can't it?

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Synonyms

adjective — overly sweet

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Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

It was a cloying sense of deja vu attached to the team that finished seventh last season, 22 points off the top and drastically in need of some more dynamism.

Wiktionary

Oliver (Barry Keoghan): I don't normally like chocolate cake. / Elspeth (Rosamund Pike): Yes, it can be cloying, can't it?

Wiktionary

She refers to Nostradamus with the rather cloying nickname "Nosty".

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Ana's boyfriend is so cloying. He's always trying to kiss her and hold her hand.

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As soon as he stepped through the front door, Tom recognised the cloying smell of Mary's perfume.

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