CLOYINGLY

Meaning of CLOYINGLY in English

[adverb]All we were offered was milky coffee and cloyingly sweet pastries.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

CLOYINGLY — adverb see: cloying
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLOYINGLY — adverb see cloying
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOYINGLY — see cloying
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOYINGLY — ➡ cloying
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOYINGLY — See main entry: ↑ cloying
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SUGARY — adjective Date: 1591 1. exaggeratedly sweet ; honeyed , cloyingly sweet ; sentimental , containing, resembling, or tasting of sugar
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SORGHUM — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *Syricum (granum), literally, Syrian grain Date: 1597 any of an …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INSIPID — I. ə̇nˈsipə̇d adjective Etymology: French & Late Latin; French insipide, from Middle French, from Late Latin insipidus, from Latin in- …
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SYRUPY — adjective or sir·upy -pē, -pi 1. : resembling syrup in appearance or quality syrupy color coffee … thick and syrupy …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUGARY — ˈshu̇g(ə)rē, -ri adjective Etymology: sugar (I) + -y 1. : containing, resembling, or tasting of sugar : sweet with sugar …
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SUGAR-CANDY — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: sugar candy : deliciously and usually cloyingly sweet sugar-candy novels — Irish Statesman
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SORGHUM — ˈsȯrgəm, -ȯ(ə)g- noun Etymology: New Latin, from Italian sorgo, perhaps from (assumed) Vulgar Latin Syricum ( granum ), from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SACCHARINE — — saccharinely , adv. — saccharinity /sak'euh rin"i tee/ , n. /sak"euhr in, -euh reen', -euh ruyn'/ , adj. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOKEY — — hokeyness, hokiness , n. /hoh"kee/ , adj. hokier, hokiest . 1. cloyingly sentimental; mawkish. 2. obviously contrived, esp. to …
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GOODY-GOODY — /good"ee good"ee/ , n. , pl. goody-goodies , adj. n. 1. a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOYING — — cloyingly , adv. /kloy"ing/ , adj. 1. causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess: a perfume …
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ARTSY-CRAFTSY — /ahrt"see kraft"see, -krahft"-/ , adj. Informal. 1. pretending to artistry and craftsmanship or to an interest in arts and crafts: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SUGARY — adjective Date: 1591 1. a. : exaggeratedly sweet : honeyed his sugary deprecating voice — D. H. Lawrence b. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SORGHUM — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin * Syricum ( granum ), literally, Syrian grain Date: 1597 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SUGARY — [sug.ary] adj (1591) 1 a: exaggeratedly sweet: honeyed "his ~ deprecating voice --D. H. Lawrence" b: cloyingly sweet: sentimental 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SORGHUM — [sor.ghum] n [NL, fr. It sorgo, fr. (assumed) VL Syricum (granum), lit., Syrian grain] (1597) 1: any of an economically …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOYING — cloy ‧ ing /ˈklɔɪ-ɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: cloy 'to be cloying' (16-21 centuries) , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLOY — v.tr. (usu. foll. by with) satiate or sicken with an excess of sweetness, richness, etc. cloyingly adv. [ ME f. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOY — v.tr. (usu. foll. by with) satiate or sicken with an excess of sweetness, richness, etc. Derivatives: cloyingly adv. Etymology: ME …
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