I am a great admirer of Massenet, even though the slightly sugary sentimentality of his music can become a little cloying (New Yorker).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
cloy´ing|ly — cloy|ing «KLOY ihng», adjective. producing weariness by surfeit: »I am a great admirer of Massenet, even though the slightly sugary sentimentality of his music can become a little cloying (New Yorker). –cloy´ing|ly, adverb. –cloy´ing|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
cloy´ing|ness — cloy|ing «KLOY ihng», adjective. producing weariness by surfeit: »I am a great admirer of Massenet, even though the slightly sugary sentimentality of his music can become a little cloying (New Yorker). –cloy´ing|ly, adverb. –cloy´ing|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
cloy·ing — … Useful english dictionary
cloy — cloy; cloy·ing; cloy·less; cloy·some; cloy·ing·ly; cloy·ing·ness; … English syllables
cloy — [ klɔı ] verb intransitive to make you feel sick or annoyed by being too sweet or too pleasant: The smell of her cheap perfume soon began to cloy. ╾ cloy|ing [ klɔııŋ ] adjective: the movie s cloying sentimentality … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ing — aborn·ing; aw·ing; bear·ing; be·ing; bell·ing; berth·ing; bind·ing; boul·der·ing; brok·ing; brown·ing; cheese·par·ing; cleans·ing; clos·ing; con·cern·ing; con·sid·er·ing; cop·ing; cov·er·ing; crack·ing; crown·ing; duck·ing; dur·ing; en·dur·ing;… … English syllables
cloying — cloy·ing … English syllables
cloyingly — cloy·ing·ly … English syllables
cloying — cloy•ing [[t]ˈklɔɪ ɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) causing distaste or disgust through excess 2) overly ingratiating or sentimental • Etymology: 1540–50 cloy′ing•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
cloying — cloy|ing [ˈklɔı ıŋ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: cloy to be cloying (16 21 centuries), from accloy to make unable to walk (14 18 centuries), from Old French encloer to drive a nail in , from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin clavus nail ] 1.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
