cloying

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪɪŋ

Verb

cloying

1. Present participle of cloy.

Adjective

cloying (comparative more cloying, superlative most cloying)

1. Unpleasantly excessive.

   The cloying fondness she displayed was what, in the end, drove me away.

2. Excessively sweet.

Synonyms

• (unpleasantly excessive): exaggerated
• (excessively sweet): syrupy, treacly

Derived terms

• cloyingly

Translations

unpleasantly excessive

Dutch: buitenissig (nl), excessief (nl) Finnish: imelä (fi)

German: übertrieben (de) Spanish: empalagoso (es) m.

excessively sweet

Dutch: zeemzout (nl), stroperig (nl) Finnish: imelä (fi), äitelä (fi)

German: süßlich (de), rührselig (de), gefühlsduselig (de)