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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

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cloy Synonyms

cloy

v.

satiate, surfeit, suffice, pall; see satisfy 1, weary 1. See syn. study at satiate.

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.

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