http://wordie.org/words/cloying Comments for the word 'Cloying' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/cloying#comments In modern usage, this word does usually mean "excessively sweet", with regard to taste, odor, or literary style. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:31:42 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/cloying#comments http://wordie.org/words/cloying#comments I thought that it meant suffocatingly sweet? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:24:37 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/cloying#comments http://wordie.org/words/cloying#comments It's a form of the verb <a href="/words/cloy">cloy</a> and it means "overly filling" as in food. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:14:10 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/cloying#comments