She refers to Nostradamus with the rather cloying nickname "Nosty".
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Cloying
//ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ//
Synonyms for "cloying" (82 found)
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3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- възсладък adj (excessively sweet)
Catalan
2 entries- embafador adj (unpleasantly excessive)
- embafador adj (excessively sweet)
Czech
1 entries- přeslazený adj (excessively sweet)
Danish
2 entries- vammel adj (unpleasantly excessive)
- vammelsød adj (excessively sweet)
Dutch
4 entries- buitenissig adj (unpleasantly excessive)
- excessief adj (unpleasantly excessive)
- mierzoet adj (excessively sweet)
- stroperig adj (excessively sweet)
Finnish
3 entries- imelä adj (unpleasantly excessive)
- imelä adj (excessively sweet)
- äitelä adj (excessively sweet)
French
1 entries- écœurant adj (excessively sweet)
German
4 entries- gefühlsduselig adj (excessively sweet)
- rührselig adj (excessively sweet)
- süßlich adj (excessively sweet)
- übertrieben adj (unpleasantly excessive)
Hungarian
4 entries- eltúlzott adj (unpleasantly excessive)
- túl édes adj (excessively sweet)
- túlzott adj (unpleasantly excessive)
- émelygős adj (unpleasantly excessive)
Irish
1 entries- rómhilis adj (excessively sweet)
Italian
3 entries- sdolcinato adj (excessively sweet)
- stucchevole adj (unpleasantly excessive)
- stucchevole adj (excessively sweet)
Japanese
1 entries- 甘ったるい adj (excessively sweet)
Russian
3 entries- при́торный adj (excessively sweet)
- слаща́вый adj (unpleasantly excessive)
- слаща́вый adj (excessively sweet)
Spanish
3 entries- empachoso adj (unpleasantly excessive)
- empalagoso adj (unpleasantly excessive)
- empalagoso adj (excessively sweet)
Swedish
2 entries- sliskig adj (excessively sweet)
- sötsliskig adj (excessively sweet)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Ana's boyfriend is so cloying. He's always trying to kiss her and hold her hand.
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As soon as he stepped through the front door, Tom recognised the cloying smell of Mary's perfume.
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I found the movie cloying.
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