cloying

Meanings

Verb

supply or feed to surfeit
cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
present participle and gerund of cloy

Adjective Satellite

overly sweet

Adj

Unpleasantly excessive.
Excessively sweet.

Origin / Etymology

By surface analysis, cloy + -ing.

Synonyms

cloy, oversweet, pall, saccharine, surfeit, syrupy, treacly, unpleasantly excessive

Scrabble Score: 13

cloying is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cloying is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cloying is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

cloying is a valid Words With Friends word