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- Dictionarycloy/klɔɪ/
verb
- 1. disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment: "a curious bitter-sweetness that cloyed her senses"
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Cloy means to supply with too much of something that was originally pleasing, or to be or become insipid or distasteful. Learn the synonyms, examples, history, and usage of cloy from the authoritative source of American English.
CLOY definition: 1. to become annoying or too much, after seeming pleasant or enjoyable at first: 2. to become…. Learn more.
Cloy definition: to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.. See examples of CLOY used in a sentence.
CLOY means to become annoying or too much, after seeming pleasant or enjoyable at first. See how to use this word in sentences and find synonyms, antonyms, and related words.
Cloy means to make weary or cause weariness through an excess of something initially pleasurable or sweet. See word origin, synonyms, examples and usage of cloy in British and American English.
Cloy means (of something pleasant or sweet) to start to become slightly unpleasant or annoying, because there is too much of it. See examples, pronunciation, synonyms and usage notes.
Definitions of cloy. verb. supply or feed to surfeit. synonyms: surfeit. see more. verb. cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing. “Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite”. synonyms: pall.
