cloy
To fill up or choke upTo fill up or choke up; to stop up.
» I thought it was cloying and trite.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To fill up or choke up; to stop up.
(transitive)To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.
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(transitive)To fill to loathing; to surfeit.
supply or feed to surfeit
Examples
5 sentencesI thought it was cloying and trite.
I found the movie cloying.
She refers to Nostradamus with the rather cloying nickname "Nosty".
Ana's boyfriend is so cloying. He's always trying to kiss her and hold her hand.
As soon as he stepped through the front door, Tom recognised the cloying smell of Mary's perfume.
deSchon als er durch die Haustür trat, erkannte Tom den Geruch von Marias durchdringendem Parfum.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From an aphetic form of Middle English acloyen, from Old French enclouer, encloer, from VuFrom an aphetic form of Middle English acloyen, from Old French enclouer, encloer, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus.
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Forms
cloys, cloying, cloyed, cloyedSynonyms
19 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle