cloy

(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.

[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.

For a list of words related to cloying, see:

• Troublesome, Negative, Irresponsible, or Unpleasant

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vammel

Français (French)
adj. - rassasiant, éc¯urant (un sentiment)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - widerlich süß

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - χορταστικός, λιγωτικός

Italiano (Italian)
sdolcinato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - saturação (f)

Русский (Russian)
пресытить

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

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 넌더리 나는

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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