Word · Frequency #23328
cloying
令人腻烦的；倒胃口的
that supplies or feeds to surfeit; causing disgust through excess
- 1.
Unpleasantly excessive.
令人腻烦的过度
- 2.
Excessively sweet.
过于甜腻的
- 3.
overly sweet
过分甜腻的
令人腻烦的过度；过于甜腻的；过分甜腻的；厌烦的；倒胃口的；因过量而厌烦的
In use
The cake was too cloying for me because it had far too much sugar.
Her cloying compliments made everyone in the office uncomfortable.
I find this perfume cloying; a single spray is enough.
be + cloying
cloying 作表语时，主语通常是事物、情感或言语。
The movie's ending was a bit cloying.
这部电影的结尾有点令人腻烦。
cloying + noun
常用来修饰 sweetness、sentimentality 等表示味道或情感的词。
She smiled with cloying sweetness.
她带着甜得发腻的微笑。
find + sth + cloying
表示“觉得某事令人腻烦”的常用结构。
I find his constant flattery cloying.
Connections
Collocations
- cloying sweetness
- 令人发腻的甜味
- The cake's cloying sweetness made it hard to eat more than a bite.蛋糕甜得发腻，让人很难多咬一口。
- cloying sentimentality
- 过分煽情；腻人的多愁善感
- The film's cloying sentimentality left many viewers rolling their eyes.这部电影过分煽情，让许多观众翻白眼。
- cloying fragrance
- 甜腻的香味
- The cloying fragrance of the room gave me a headache.房间里甜腻的香味让我头疼。
- cloying tone
- 令人腻烦的语气
- Her cloying tone of praise sounded insincere.她那甜腻的赞美语气听起来很不真诚。
Synonyms
- saccharine
- 过分甜腻的；故作多情的 · 词义更侧重味道或语气上的甜腻，常带贬义；替代cloying时需注意它不如cloying那样强调‘过量导致的厌倦’。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把joy的j换成cl就成cloy，快乐过了头，反而腻烦倒胃口。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary criticism、food reviews cloying 是比较书面的用词，多用于正式写作、文学或文艺评论中，也可用于描述食物或情感，表示因过量而令人腻烦。日常口语中不太常用，口语里更常说 too sweet 或 sickly 之类。这个词通常带有负面评价色彩。
Grammar Note
多含贬义，表示因过量或过度而令人厌烦、倒胃口。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 cloying 押韵的词：annoying、employing、enjoying、destroying 都以 -oying 结尾，读作 /ɔɪɪŋ/。注意形近音异的词：dying /ˈdaɪɪŋ/ 和 lying /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ 拼写以 -ying 结尾，但读音是 /aɪɪŋ/（同 sighing），与 cloying 不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.