Dictionary Entry

cloying

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ/Used In Literature ↓

To fill up or choke up; to stop up.

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Common Phrases

. cloyingsweetness cloyingsmell cloyingscent cloyingsentimentality cloyingodor cloyingcloying almost

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Poetry examples for “cloying”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Where your other souls are joying,
Never slumber'd, never cloying.
Here, your earth-born souls still speak

We sicken to shun sickness when we purge;
Even so, being full of your ne'er-cloying sweetness,
To bitter sauces did I frame my feeding;