Her cheap, cloying scent enveloped him...
Most TV kids are so cloying.
The film is too cloyingly sentimental.
English dictionary. 2008.
cloying — [kloi′iŋ] vt., vi. prp. of CLOY adj. 1. displeasing or distasteful because of excess [cloying sweetness] 2. overly sweet, sentimental, etc. [a cloying romance novel] cloyingly adv … English World dictionary
cloying — index nectarous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
cloying — [adj] sickly sweet cheesy*, cornball*, corny*, cutesy*, drippy*, gooey*, honeyed, mushy*, over sentimental, oversweet, saccharine, sappy, sentimental, sugary, syrupy; concept 401 … New thesaurus
cloying — cloy|ing [ˈklɔı ıŋ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: cloy to be cloying (16 21 centuries), from accloy to make unable to walk (14 18 centuries), from Old French encloer to drive a nail in , from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin clavus nail ] 1.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
cloying — adjective 1 a cloying attitude or quality annoys you because it is too pleasant: cloying sentimentality 2 cloying food or smells are sweet and make you feel sick: The cloying stench of cheap perfume … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
cloying — adjective Date: 1594 disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess < cloying sweetness >; also excessively sweet or sentimental < a cloying romantic comedy > • cloyingly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cloying — Cloy Cloy (kloi), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cloyed} (kloid); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cloying}.] [OE. cloer to nail up, F. clouer, fr. OF. clo nail, F. clou, fr. L. clavus nail. Cf. 3d {Clove}.] 1. To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog. [Obs.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cloying — cloyingly, adv. /kloy ing/, adj. 1. causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess: a perfume of cloying sweetness. 2. overly ingratiating or sentimental. [1540 50; CLOY + ING2] * * * … Universalium
cloying — adjective a) Unpleasantly excessive. The cloying fondness she displayed was what in the end drove me away. b) Excessively sweet. Syn: exaggerated, syrupy, treacly … Wiktionary
cloying — adj. Cloying is used with these nouns: ↑sweetness … Collocations dictionary
