2syllables
cloying
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Definitions ofcloying
1verb
- To fill up or choke up; to stop up.
- To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.
- To fill to loathing; to surfeit.
1adjective
- Unpleasantly excessive.
Example: "The cloying fondness she displayed was what, in the end, drove me away."
- Excessively sweet.
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