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Cloying

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Adjective

1. cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly

overly sweet

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Cloying

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adjective
initially pleasurable or sweet but wearying in excess

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Cloying

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verb transitive, verb intransitive
1.  prp. of
cloy
adjective
2. 
displeasing or distasteful because of excess
cloying sweetness
3. 
overly sweet, sentimental, etc.
a cloying romance novel

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Cloying

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v. cloyed, cloy·ing, cloys
v.tr.
To cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant, especially something rich or sweet; surfeit.
v.intr.
To be too filling, rich, or sweet.

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