cloyingly
adverb
disapprovinguk/ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ.li/us/ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ.li/cloyinglyadverb(too emotional)
in a way thatseemsgood,kind, orlovingbut is tooextreme,annoying, or notsincere:
Hisimpassionedoutpouringscan sometimesturncloyinglysentimental.
Despiteitscloyinglycutetitle, this is adelightful,readablebook.
- Hesmiledin a cloyinglypossessiveway.
- She was cloyinglyloyalto the Prime Minister.
- Hespeakscloyingly about America'sobligationtoitschildrenandgrandchildren.
Sentimental and over-emotional
- cloying
- gauzily
- mawkish
- mawkishly
- mawkishness
- sappy
- schmaltz
- schmaltzy
- sentimental
- sentimentalist
- sickly
- sloppiness
- sloppy
- slush
- slushy
- soppily
- soppiness
- soppy
- syrupy
- tweeness
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Affected & insincere
cloyinglyadverb(too sweet)
in a way that is toosweetandthereforeunpleasant:
甜得发腻地cloyinglysweet甜得发腻
Avaseof cloyinglyperfumedflowerssaton thetablein thehall.大厅的桌子上放着一个花瓶，里面的花香得发腻。
- Thepastrieswerelight, but not cloyinglysweet.
- Ifoundhercookingcloyingly unappetizing.
- Thewinewassweet, but not cloyingly so.
Not pleasant to eat or drink
- (as) tough as old bootsidiom
- acrid
- bitter
- bitterness
- bland
- chewy
- dishwater
- insipidness
- like dishwateridiom
- mouldy
- overripe
- pappy
- pungent
- staleness
- stick tosomeone'sribsidiom
- stodginess
- stodgy
- swill
- unripe
- watery
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