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Synonyms for cloying
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kloi-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈklɔɪ ɪŋ |
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Définition of cloying
Origin :- 1640s, present participle adjective from cloy (v.). Related: Cloyingly; cloyingness.
- adj sickly sweet
- Still the breeze delayed, and the fragrant odors of the woods were cloying.
- Extract from : « 'Smiles' » by Eliot H. Robinson
- So feeble and cloying is the venereal indulgence, if Love inspires it not.
- Extract from : « Plutarch's Morals » by Plutarch
- The deliberate pathos, the cloying charm, did not seem to exist for Louise.
- Extract from : « Regiment of Women » by Clemence Dane
- But there need be no fear of massed color in a field, as being ever gaudy or cloying.
- Extract from : « Old-Time Gardens » by Alice Morse Earle
- It was of a full and penetrating sweetness, too keen and delicate to be cloying.
- Extract from : « Life Without and Life Within » by Margaret Fuller
- He shook his head violently—as though to be rid of some clinging, cloying thing.
- Extract from : « The Metal Monster » by A. Merritt
- "There are few things so cloying as perfection," says Ronayne, loyally.
- Extract from : « Rossmoyne » by Unknown
- And as they turned they fell silent—the cloying, choking silence of the tomb.
- Extract from : « The Cartels Jungle » by Irving E. Cox, Jr.
- They are both a cloying treacle to the wings of Independence.
- Extract from : « Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends » by John Keats
- It was a sweetness that would have been cloying had the air been heavy and humid.
- Extract from : « Moon-Face and Other Stories » by Jack London
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