cloy
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(kloi) 
v., cloyed, cloy·ing, cloys. v.tr.
To cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant, especially something rich or sweet; surfeit.
v.intr.
To be too filling, rich, or sweet.
cloyingness cloy'ing·ness n.
v., cloyed, cloy·ing, cloys. v.tr.
To cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant, especially something rich or sweet; surfeit.
v.intr.
To be too filling, rich, or sweet.
[Short for obsolete accloy, to clog, from Middle English acloien, from Old French encloer, to drive a nail into, from Medieval Latin inclāvāre : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin clāvāre, to nail (from clāvus, nail).]
cloyingly cloy'ing·ly adv.cloyingness cloy'ing·ness n.
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verb
- To satisfy to the full or to excess: engorge, glut, gorge, pall, sate, satiate, surfeit. See excess/insufficiency/enough, full/empty/capacity.
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Cloying
Français (French)
adj. - rassasiant, éc¯urant (un sentiment)
Deutsch (German)
adj. - widerlich süß
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - χορταστικός, λιγωτικός
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - saturação (f)
Español (Spanish)
adj. - empalagoso, hastioso
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sliskig
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
因过量而厌烦的, 倒胃口的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 因過量而厭煩的, 倒胃口的
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 鼻につく, うんざりする
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - מבחיל, סנטימנטלי, מתקתק
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