adjective
- feeling sick or disgusted from having too much of something, especially something sweet or pleasant
Usage: past participle of ‘cloy’ used as adjective
Examples
- After eating three pieces of chocolate cake, she felt completely cloyed.
- The tourists were cloyed by the excessive luxury of the resort.
- He became cloyed with compliments and praise from his admirers.
- The rich dessert left everyone at the table feeling cloyed.
- She was cloyed by the overly sentimental movie.
- The children were cloyed after spending all day at the candy store.