adverb
- in a way that is excessively sweet, rich, or sentimental; so as to cause disgust or weariness
Usage: commonly used to describe taste, emotion, or artistic expression
Examples
- The dessert was cloyingly sweet, making it hard to finish more than a few bites.
- The movie's ending felt cloyingly sentimental and unrealistic.
- She spoke in a cloyingly cheerful tone that made everyone uncomfortable.
- The perfume was cloyingly strong and gave me a headache.
- His compliments came across as cloyingly insincere.
- The chocolate cake was rich and cloyingly decadent.