cloying

/ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ/

verb

  1. 1

    To fill up or choke up; to stop up.

  2. 2

    To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.

  3. 3

    To fill to loathing; to surfeit.

adjective

  1. 1

    Unpleasantly excessive.

    The cloying fondness she displayed was what, in the end, drove me away.
  2. 2

    Excessively sweet.

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