cloy‧ing /ˈklɔɪ-ɪŋ/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: cloy 'to be cloying' (16-21 centuries), from accloy 'to make unable to walk' (14-18 centuries), from Old French encloer 'to drive a nail in', from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin clavus 'nail']

1. a cloying attitude or quality annoys you because it is too sweet or nice:
cloying sentimentality

2. cloying food or smells are sweet and make you feel sick:
the thick cloying smell of cheap perfume
—cloyingly adverb

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sweet sweet food or drink has had sugar added or contains natural sugars:
Italian oranges are very sweet.
a cup of hot sweet tea
sugary sweet because a lot of sugar has been added:
Sugary foods are bad for your teeth.
sickly British English tasting unpleasantly sweet:
The dessert was rather sweet and sickly.
a sickly sweet fruit drink
cloying tasting or smelling unpleasantly sweet:
I find strawberry and peach drinks too cloying.
the cloying smell of fish oil
delicious having a very good taste:
This cake is delicious!
a delicious meal
disgusting/revolting having a very bad taste:
The medicine tasted disgusting.
They had to eat revolting things, like fish eyes.
tasty especially spoken tasting good and with plenty of flavour:
She cooked us a simple but tasty meal.
That was really tasty!
sour/tart having a taste that stings your tongue slightly, like lemon does – used especially when this is rather unpleasant:
The apples were a little sour.
The wine has rather a tart taste, which not everyone will like.
tangy having a taste that stings your tongue slightly, like lemon does, in a way that seems good:
The dressing was nice and tangy.
bitter having a strong taste which is not sweet and is sometimes rather unpleasant – used for example about black coffee, or chocolate without sugar:
bitter chocolate
The medicine had rather a bitter taste.
Hops give beer its distinctive bitter taste.
salty containing a lot of salt:
Danish salami has a salty flavour.
hot/spicy having a burning taste because it contains strong spices:
I love hot curries.
a spicy tomato sauce
piquant /ˈpiːkənt/ formal a little spicy – used especially by people who write about food. This word can sound rather pretentious in everyday conversation:
cooked vegetables in a piquant sauce
mild not having a strong or hot taste – usually used about foods that can sometimes be spicy:
a mild curry
bland not having an interesting taste:
I found the sauce rather bland.

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