Word:
Cloying
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Disgusting or distasteful due to excess, or too sweet, pleasant or emotional.
Sentences:
1) After a while, the softness of his voice became cloying.
2) The woman felt the cloying sentiments at seeing so many Mother's Day cards.
Origin:
Late Middle English, shortening of obsolete accloying which means 'to choke'.
First use:
1594
Synonyms:
chocolate box, corny, drippy, fruity, sugarcoated
Antonyms:
unsentimental, unemotional
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