All 4 Uses
cloying
in
The God of Small Things
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- The smell of cloying sandalwood and terry-cotton armpits (small medium large) hung in the air.†
Chpt 6 *
- A cloying, chocolate melody.†
Chpt 8
- For not being his cloying mother.†
Chpt 13
- The cloying smell of incense drifted through the doorway, over which a small wooden placard said Work is Struggle.†
Chpt 14
Definitions:
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(1)
(cloying) overly sweet or sentimental in a way that becomes unpleasant or excessive -- on the tongue or in sentiment
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)