Meaning Of The Word Cloying

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cloying
adjective: You use cloying to describe something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental.

cloying in American English
cloy
displeasing or distasteful because of excess
adjective: causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess

cloying in British English
adjective: initially pleasurable or sweet but wearying in excess

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