CLOYING


Meaning of CLOYING in English

cloy ‧ ing /ˈklɔɪ-ɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective

[ 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 . a cloying attitude or quality annoys you because it is too sweet or nice:

cloying sentimentality

2 . cloying food or smells are sweet and make you feel sick:

the thick cloying smell of cheap perfume

—cloyingly adverb

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THESAURUS

▪ sweet sweet food or drink has had sugar added or contains natural sugars:

Italian oranges are very sweet.

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a cup of hot sweet tea

▪ sugary sweet because a lot of sugar has been added:

Sugary foods are bad for your teeth.

▪ sickly British English tasting unpleasantly sweet:

The dessert was rather sweet and sickly.

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a sickly sweet fruit drink

▪ cloying tasting or smelling unpleasantly sweet:

I find strawberry and peach drinks too cloying.

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the cloying smell of fish oil

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.