Cloying and Sweet

Cloying

Cloying adjective - Overly sweet.
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Synonyms for Cloying

Sweet is a synonym for cloying. In some cases you can use "Sweet" instead an adjective "Cloying".

Nearby Words: cloy, cloyed

Sweet

Sweet adjective - Having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar.

Cloying is a synonym for sweet in syrupy topic. Sometimes you can use "Cloying" instead an adjective "Sweet", if it concerns topics such as sugary.

Both words in one sentence

  • Klingons Love Shakespeare Quark disapproves of it, calling it a "cloying, bubbly, sickly sweet force bent on corrupting the core of Ferengi culture," but admits that if you drink enough of it, you come to enjoy it.
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