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cloying
[ kloi-ing ]
adjective
- causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess:
a perfume of cloying sweetness.
- overly ingratiating or sentimental.
cloying
/ ˈ°ì±ôɔɪɪŋ /
adjective
- initially pleasurable or sweet but wearying in excess
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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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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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