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cloying

[ kloi-ing ]

adjective

  1. causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess:

    a perfume of cloying sweetness.

  2. overly ingratiating or sentimental.


cloying

/ ˈ°ì±ôɔɪɪŋ /

adjective

  1. initially pleasurable or sweet but wearying in excess
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦±ô´Ç²â¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦±ô´Ç²âi²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¦±ô´Ç²âi²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cloying1

First recorded in 1540–50; cloy + -ing 2
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The first version of this cake used only white sugar, and it was too one-note, too cloying.

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His voice is clear, soothing and sweet without being cloying or campy.

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Those who turned 10 before that date were “too old for something so cloying and cute,†said Barney.

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Fortunately, there is also enough good-natured goofball humor to keep Gordon Greenberg’s production from sinking into cloying goo.

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Before we get into what the Rabbit Hole is, here’s what it isn’t: a place with touch screens, a ball pit, inscrutable plaques, velvet ropes, a cloying soundtrack or adults in costumes.

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