What does cloying mean?
Cloying means present participle and gerund of cloy.
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/ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of cloy.
The cloying fondness she displayed was what, in the end, drove me away.
It was a cloying sense of deja vu attached to the team that finished seventh last season, 22 points off the top and drastically in need of some more dynamism.
Oliver (Barry Keoghan): I don't normally like chocolate cake. / Elspeth (Rosamund Pike): Yes, it can be cloying, can't it?
Use cloying when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cloying means present participle and gerund of cloy.
Common synonyms include unpleasantly excessive, syrupy, treacly, oversweet.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The cloying fondness she displayed was what, in the end, drove me away.
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