cloyingly

1 8.4

In a way that is too sweet or too emotional to enjoy

adverb
/ˈklɔɪɪŋli/

: de manera empalagosa

She found the sentiment in the movie cloyingly exaggerated and hard to watch.
cloyingly sweet

They, they are just cloyingly sweet and that's not good.

Examples

A US Olympics committee these days would be hard pressed to have a ceremony that wasn't cloyingly patriotic.

Blog text (19)
Both juices were mildly but not cloyingly sweet, with each ingredient's distinct taste shining through.

Blog text (14)
They, they are just cloyingly sweet and that's not good.

Dr. Mayim Bialik
My Mai Tai tasted cloyingly sweet.

Fiction book (1990)
A cloyingly sweet-smelling sweat rimed her forehead, matted her long, tangled, blond hair.

Fiction book (2001)
The dessert was so cloyingly sweet that I could only take a few bites.
His cloyingly sweet compliments made her feel uncomfortable at the party.

Synonyms

mawkishly

vscloyingly

9.9

In a very sad and fake way that feels too strong

focuses on sweetness or richness that causes a strong discomfort

mushily

vscloyingly

7.4

In a very emotional and sweet way

is stronger, becoming overly sweet or rich and causing discomfort

cheesily

vscloyingly

Informal

7.9

In a silly, overly sentimental way that feels not sincere

is sweeter and richer, causing discomfort rather than merely lacking style

Antonyms

subtly

48 5.1

In a way that is not obvious or easy to notice

How Excessive

sickeningly

4 7.3

cloyingly

1 8.4

richly

13 3.2

sweetly

37 1.0

pleasantly

50 1.0

Surface Forms

cloyingly positive

Morphology

cloyingly = cloying (transparent) = cloy + ing + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'cloying', so the manner meaning is directly derived from the adjective.

Etymology

Cloyingly comes from the old verb cloy, which meant 'to fill up' or 'to shut' and is related to the common word close. So, if something is cloyingly sweet it fills you with so much sweetness that it becomes too much and feels unpleasant.