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cloying
Overview of verb cloy
The verb cloy has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. surfeit, cloy -- (supply or feed to surfeit)
2. cloy, pall -- (cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite")
Overview of adj cloying
The adj cloying has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly -- (overly sweet)
Antonyms of verb cloy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cloy
2 senses of cloy
Sense 1
surfeit, cloy
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 2
cloy, pall
=> satiate, sate, replete, fill
=> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb cloy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cloy
2 senses of cloy
Sense 1
surfeit, cloy
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
Sense 2
cloy, pall
=> satiate, sate, replete, fill
'Cause To' of verb cloy
Derived Forms of verb cloy
Domain of verb cloy
Domain Terms of verb cloy
Familiarity of verb cloy
cloy used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb cloy
2 senses of cloy
Sense 1
surfeit, cloy
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
cloy, pall
*> Something ----s
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb cloy
2 senses of cloy
Sense 1
surfeit, cloy
> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> hydrate
=> charge
=> date
=> feed
=> calk
=> fund
=> stint, skimp, scant
=> terrace, terrasse
=> dado
=> innervate
=> offer
=> signalize, signalise
=> extend, offer
=> stock
=> stock, buy in
=> caption
=> tube
=> ticket
=> stock
=> stock
=> rim
=> fret
=> step
=> rail
=> grate
=> capitalize, capitalise
=> alphabetize
=> wharf
=> air-cool, air-condition
=> uniform
=> railroad
=> partner
=> bewhisker, whisker
=> subtitle
=> headline
=> match
=> hobnail
=> wive
=> victual
=> surfeit, cloy
=> heat
=> seat
=> seat
=> ramp
=> arm
=> interleave
=> glass, glaze
=> crenel, crenelate, crenellate
=> causeway
=> canal, canalize, canalise
=> bush
=> brattice
=> furnish
=> slat
=> berth
=> bed
=> computerize, computerise
=> costume
=> bottom
=> rafter
=> tool
=> key
=> fuel
=> provision, purvey
=> yield, give, afford
=> equip, fit, fit out, outfit
=> transistorize, transistorise
=> upholster
=> cleat
=> coal
=> corbel
=> cornice
=> constitutionalize
=> copper-bottom
=> curtain
=> gate
=> index
=> joint, articulate
=> pour
=> pump
=> fuel, fire
=> flood, oversupply, glut
=> toggle
=> patch
=> water
=> leverage
=> tap
=> top
=> reflectorize, reflectorise
=> retrofit
=> border, edge
=> machicolate
=> sanitate
=> hat
=> theme
=> kern
=> shelter
Sense 2
cloy, pall
> satiate, sate, replete, fill
=> cloy, pall
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb cloy
Sense 1
surfeit, cloy
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
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Sense 2
cloy, pall
=> satiate, sate, replete, fill
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Grep of verb cloy
cloy
Antonyms of adj cloying
1 sense of cloying
Sense 1
cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly
INDIRECT (VIA sweet) -> sour
Similarity of adj cloying
1 sense of cloying
Sense 1
cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly
=> sweet (vs. sour)
Pertainyms of adj cloying
Attributes of adj cloying
Domain of adj cloying
Domain Terms of adj cloying
Familiarity of adj cloying
cloying used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj cloying
cloying
Grep of adv cloying
cloyingly
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