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Cloying

  1. verb

    supply or feed to surfeit

    Similar: surfeit, cloy

  2. verb

    cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing

    Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite

    Similar: cloy, pall

  3. adjective

    overly sweet

    Similar: saccharine, syrupy, treacly

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cloyingly

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