Cloying
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verb.
Present participle of
cloy
.
adjective.
Unpleasantly
excessive
.
adjective.
Excessively
sweet
.
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adjective.
overly sweet
Word Usage
"That she manages all of this without ever becoming cloying is a big achievement."
Equivalent
sweet
Form
cloyingly
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
annoying
buoying
deploying
destroying
employing
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
acrid
fetid
fruit'y
humid
intoxicating
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
bad
barfy
bathetic
beery
brackish
verb-stem
cloy