cloy
cloy
Definition
cloy (klo̵i)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to surfeit, or make weary or displeased, by too much of something, esp. something sweet, rich, etc.
Etymology: aphetic < ME acloien, to hamper, harm, obstruct < OFr encloyer, to fasten with a nail, hinder < clou, a nail < L clavus, nail: see close
cloy
Synonyms
cloy
Usage Examples
Object
- sentimentality: Boult conducts this with his customary care, presenting the long lines with a direct approach that avoids any hint of cloying sentimentality.
- mud: The creek is flanked on both sides by wide expanses of cloying brown mud.
- smell: Cannabis resin may have a distinctive sweet, cloying smell.
- sweetness: It had been a long hot day in the kitchen and it was good to get away from its cloying sweetness.
- stench: The cloying stench of death filled the corridor and it was hard not to be sick.
- appetite: Other women cloy The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies.
Modifying Another Word
- slightly: The finish is bitter with a slightly cloying vanilla edge and a subtle bite in the back of the throat.
- never: Yet, unlike the equally gregarious Doug of Doug's First Movie, he's never cloying.
- not: The meat thus prepared stayed moist and the sauce had a hint of sweetness that did not cloy.
- rather: The things of this world cloy rather than satisfy.
- so: Toto is so cloying he make me want to vomit.
- too: In our case, he managed to capture the essence of family life without making it too cloying.
Browse dictionary entries near cloy
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