Cloying
Cloying adjective - Appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way.
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Idealistic and cloying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Idealistic" instead an adjective "Cloying".
Idealistic
Idealistic adjective - Having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality.
Cloying and idealistic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cloying" instead an adjective "Idealistic".
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Idealistic and Cloying. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cloying/idealistic
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