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cloy

Verb

1 supply or feed to surfeit [syn: surfeit]

2 cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite" [syn: pall]

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English

Pronunciation

a US /klɔɪ/, /klOI/
Rhymes with: -ɔɪ

Verb

To fill or choke up; to stop up.
To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.
To fill to loathing; to surfeit.

Synonyms

sense fill or choke up block, block up, choke, fill, fill up, stop up, stuff, stuff up
sense satiate fill up, glut, gorge, sate, satiate, satisfy, stodge, stuff, stuff up
sense fill to loathing jade, nauseate, pall, sicken, surfeit

Translations

fill up

Dutch: opvullen, volstoppen, vullen

satiate

Dutch: verzadigen, vervullen

fill to loathing

Dutch: oververzadigen, volstoppen

Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

allay, cram, engorge, fill, fill up, glut, gorge, jade, overdose, overfeed, overfill, overgorge, oversaturate, overstuff, pall, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, slake, stall, stodge, stuff, supersaturate, surfeit

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