cloying
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, cloy + -ing.
- 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?”
verb
Etymology: By surface analysis, cloy + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of cloy