cloying
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cloying
- /ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɔɪɪŋ
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, cloy + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of cloy
adjective more cloying · most cloying
- Unpleasantly excessive. The cloying fondness she displayed was what, in the end, drove me away.
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Excessively sweet.
Oliver (Barry Keoghan): I don't normally like chocolate cake. / Elspeth (Rosamund Pike): Yes, it can be cloying, can't it?
Similar: syrupy, treacly, oversweet, saccharine
Similar: unpleasantly excessive
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adjective
Similar: unpleasantly excessive
Translations
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adj unpleasantly excessive
| Español | empalagoso, empachoso |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | übertrieben |
| Italiano | stucchevole |
| Русский | слаща́вый slaščávyj |
adj excessively sweet
| Español | empalagoso |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 甘ったるい amattarui |
| Français | écœurant |
| Deutsch | süßlich, rührselig, gefühlsduselig |
| Italiano | sdolcinato, stucchevole |
| Русский | слаща́вый slaščávyj, при́торный prítornyj |
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title = {cloying},
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