1. To become sick with an excessive amount of food that is too sweet or too rich: Jerry never realized how upsetting his stomach would be until after he cloyed 14 chocolate donuts and three root beers.
2. To make or to develop a tiredness, or weariness, even when one has too large a quantity of anything pleasant: When Karen was applying for a scholarship to a university, she had an appointment with an administrator who was verbally reading the list of excellent grades she had in high school and it cloyed Karen to the point of almost putting her to sleep. © ALL rights are reserved.

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