Cloy definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CLOY, v.t. 1. Strictly, to fill; to glut. Hence, to ... food, hence, to fill to lothing; to surfeit. Who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a ... 2005) v 1: supply or feed to surfeit [syn: surfeit, cloy] 2: cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite" [syn: cloy, pall] Merriam Webster's verb Etymology: Middle English, to hinder ... OF encloyer f. Rmc: cf. ENCLAVE Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cloy Cloy (kloi), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloyed (kloid); ...
... To weaken; to impair; as, to pall fortune. 3. To cloy; as the palled appetite. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n ... initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite" [syn: cloy, pall] 5: cause to become flat; "pall the beer" 6 ... often foll. by on) become uninteresting (to). 2 tr. satiate, cloy. Etymology: ME, f. APPAL Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pall Pall ... reflection . . . pall all his enjoyments. --Atterbury. 2. To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pall ... II. v. a. 1. Make vapid or insipid. 2. Satiate, cloy, surfeit, sate, glut, gorge, fill to repletion. 3. Dispirit, depress ... be tedious, blackout, blanket, bore, censorship, cerecloth, cerements, cloak, cloth, cloy, coat, cold water, cover, coverage, covering, covert, coverture, cowl, ...
... fully or to excess • satiation noun Synonyms: satiate, sate, surfeit, cloy, pall, glut, gorge mean to fill to repletion. satiate and ... surfeit implies a nauseating repletion < surfeited themselves with junk food >. cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting < sentimental pictures that cloy after a while >. pall emphasizes the loss of ability to ... saturate. [Obs.] --Sir I. Newton. Syn: To satisfy; sate; suffice; cloy; gorge; overfill; surfeit; glut. Usage: Satiate, Satisfy, Content. These words ... English Synonyms v. a. 1. Sate, satisfy, suffice, fill. 2. Cloy, gorge, overfill, glut, overfeed, surfeit, pall, sate. Moby Thesaurus allay ... be infinitely repetitive, be tedious, bore, brim, charge, chock, choke, cloy, congest, content, cram, crowd, deluge, drag on, drench, engorge, ...
... system; to overfeed and produce sickness or uneasiness. 2. To cloy; to fill to satiety and disgust. He surfeits us with ... surfeit] v 1: supply or feed to surfeit [syn: surfeit, cloy] 2: indulge (one's appetite) to satiety Merriam Webster's ... with sweets. 2. To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments. --V. Knox. Collin's ... I. v. a. 1. Satiate, glut, gorge, sate, overfeed. 2. Cloy, pall, nauseate. II. v. n. Be surfeited, feed to satiety ... nimiety. Moby Thesaurus allay, amplitude, bellyful, brim, charge, chock, choke, cloy, congest, congestion, cram, crowd, deluge, drench, engorge, engorgement, excess, fill ...
... To swallow, or to swallow greedily; to gorge. 2. To cloy; to fill beyond sufficiency; to sate; to disgust; as, to ... indulge (an appetite, a desire, etc.) to the full; satiate; cloy. 2 fill to excess; choke up. 3 Econ. overstock (a ... the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy. His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from his breast ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. v. a. 1. Cloy, satiate, sate, surfeit, pall. 2. Gorge, stuff, cram, overfeed, fill ... infinitely repetitive, be tedious, bellyful, bolt, bolt down, choke, clog, cloy, congest, congestion, cram, crowd, deluge, devour, drag on, drench, engorge ...
... a cloying romantic comedy > • cloyingly adverb Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cloy Cloy (kloi), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloyed (kloid); p. pr ... to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit. [Who can] cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a ...
... probably by shortening & alteration from satiate Date: 1579 1. to cloy with overabundance ; glut 2. to appease (as a thirst) by ... gratify (desire, or a desirous person) to the full. 2 cloy, surfeit, weary with over-abundance (sated with pleasure). Derivatives: sateless ... Synonyms v. a. See satiate. Moby Thesaurus allay, appease, assuage, cloy, cram, engorge, feast, feed, fill, fill up, glut, gorge, gratify ...
... and lothing; spiked; pricked in shoeing. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cloy Cloy (kloi), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloyed (kloid); p. pr ... to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit. [Who can] cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a ...
Cloyless definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CLOYLESS, a. That cannot cloy, or fill to satiety. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cloyless Cloy"less, a. That does not cloy. --Shak.
... Not used.] [See Clay.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Accloy Ac*cloy", v. t. [OF. encloyer, encloer, F. enclouer, to drive in ... to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
... Job xxi. 20. Drink of the cup that can not cloy. --Keble. 2. To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment ... Job xxi. 20. Drink of the cup that can not cloy. --Keble. 2. To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment ...
... v.t. 1. To charge or load to excess; to cloy; to oppress. The heavy load of abundance with which we ... charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. To fill too full; to crowd ...