Cloying
Cloying adjective - Appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way.
Usage example: the cloying sentiments of so many Mother's Day cards
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Synonyms for Cloying
Feel-good and cloying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Feel-good" instead an adjective "Cloying".
Feel-good
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- saccharine and cloying
- saccharine and feel-good
- sugary and cloying
- sugary and feel-good
- sentimental and cloying
- sentimental and feel-good
- sloppy and cloying
- sloppy and feel-good
- ingratiating and cloying
- ingratiating and feel-good
- maudlin and cloying
- maudlin and feel-good
- mawkish and cloying
- mawkish and feel-good
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Feel-good and Cloying. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cloying/feel-good
Cloying & Feel-good. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cloying/feel-good>.
Feel-good or Cloying. 2016. Accessed August 10, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cloying/feel-good.
