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cloying

/ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ/
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verb

  • 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.

adjective

  • Unpleasantly excessive.

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

  • Excessively sweet.

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