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cloying

/ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ/

/ˈkloɪ.ɪŋ/

cloyingadjective

more cloying

Comp.

most cloying

Super.

/ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ/

/ˈkloɪ.ɪŋ/

Translations

приторный

The dessert was too cloying for my taste.

Десерт был слишком приторным для моего вкуса.

слащавый

Her cloying smile made everyone uncomfortable.

Её слащавая улыбка заставила всех почувствовать себя неуютно.

Additional translations

надоедливый

навязчивый

пресыщенный

Definitions

Excessively sweet, rich, or sentimental to the point of being unpleasant or sickening.

The cloying aroma of the overly sweet perfume filled the room, making it hard to breathe.

Excessively ingratiating or sentimental so as to cause distaste or boredom.

Her cloying praise eventually became tiresome.

Synonyms

overly sweet

Antonyms

cloyverb

cloying

Gerund

cloyed

Past Simple

cloyed

Past Participle

cloying

Gerund

/klɔɪ/

/kloɪ/

Translations

приторно надоедать

The constant praise began to cloy after a while.

Постоянная похвала начала приторно надоедать через некоторое время.

Definitions

To cause someone to feel disgust or aversion due to an excess of something initially pleasant, especially sweetness or sentimentality.

The overly sweet dessert began to cloy after just a few bites.

To become distasteful, tiresome, or uninteresting through overabundance or excess.

The novelty of the theme park began to cloy after a few visits.

(Archaic) To satiate or fill to the point of disgust; to glut.

He was cloyed with luxuries he once thought he desired.

Synonyms

cloynoun

Definitions

A metal spike or wedge driven into the touch-hole of a cannon to render it temporarily unusable.

Before retreating, the gunners hammered a cloy into each cannon.