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- Dictionarycloying/ˈklɔɪɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. excessively sweet, rich, or sentimental, especially to a disgusting or sickening degree: "a romantic, rather cloying story"
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cloying adjective (TOO EMOTIONAL) disapproving. expressing feelings of love or kindness in a way that is annoying because it does not seem real: She criticized the cloying sentimentality of the film. The story is heartwarming but never cloying.
The meaning of CLOYING is disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess; also : excessively sweet or sentimental. How to use cloying in a sentence. Did you know?
(klɔɪɪŋ ) adjective. You use cloying to describe something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental. Her cheap, cloying scent enveloped him. Most TV kids are so cloying. Synonyms: sickly, nauseating, icky [informal], treacly More Synonyms of cloying. cloyingly graded adverb [ADVERB adjective/adverb]
Cloying definition: causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess. See examples of CLOYING used in a sentence.
to become annoying or too much, after seeming pleasant or enjoyable at first: After a while, his prose style starts to cloy. She has a charm and freshness that never cloys. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Inspiring dislike. aversive. disgust. dreaded. gross someone out. ick. it makes me (want to) puke idiom. non-charismatic. puke.
: to be or become insipid or distasteful usually through an excess of an originally pleasurable quality (such as sweetness) … curious how the lemon keeps its bite when the sweet flavours have begun to cloy, and the crispness has departed. Eric Korn. Choose the Right Synonym for cloy.
To cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant, especially something rich or sweet; surfeit. v.intr. To be too filling, rich, or sweet.
Whether you’re talking about dessert wine or love notes, cloying means sickeningly sweet. It’s how folks who love espresso feel about Frappuccino. Cloying comes in handy to describe things that are too sweet both literally. "Don’t worry about him trying to kiss you; your cloying perfume is sure to keep
You use cloying to describe something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental. [...]
Definition of cloying adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
