Meaning & use
Cloyed
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Sickened or disgusted with an excess of something originally pleasant, especially sweetness.
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By the third slice of cake, her appetite for sweets had completely cloyed.
The overly sentimental ending left many viewers feeling cloyed rather than moved.
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From Middle English 'cloyen,' related to Old French 'encloer' (to nail shut); the sense shifted over time from physical obstruction to being sickened by excess.
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whettedrefreshed
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