cloys
Becomes sickeningly sweet
Cloys is the third-person singular form of the verb cloy, meaning to disgust or sicken someone through excess, especially of something initially pleasant.
What once delighted becomes tiresome or nauseating when there's too much of it.
Sweetness most often cloys—both literal sweetness in food and figurative sweetness in manner or sentiment.
The syrupy dialogue cloys after the first act.
Her relentless cheerfulness eventually cloys.
Unpleasantly overemotional
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- mushySoft or saccharine
- gushingFlowing out forcefully
- overemotionalExcessively expressive of feelings
sappy · corny · cheesy · soppy · twee · overwrought · melodramatic · bathetic
Intense physical disgust
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
- nauseatingCausing urge to vomit
sickening · palling · wearying · tiresome · tedious · stale · overdone · suffocating
Exaggeratedly sentimental
- syrupyExcessively sweet or sentimental
- sugaryContaining much sweetener
- treaclyExcessively sweet or sentimental
- honeyedSweetened or flattering
sickly-sweet · oversweet · sugarcoated · rich · toothsome · confectionery · candied · caramelized
Excessive quantity, often cloying
stuffed · repletion · overfull · oversupply · indulgence · replete · overindulgence · fullness
mawkish
Unpleasantly overemotional
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- mushySoft or saccharine
- gushingFlowing out forcefully
overemotional · sappy · corny · cheesy · soppy · twee · overwrought · melodramatic · bathetic · maudlin
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
nauseating · sickening · palling · wearying · tiresome · tedious · stale · overdone · suffocating · oppressive
saccharine
Exaggeratedly sentimental
- syrupyExcessively sweet or sentimental
- sugaryContaining much sweetener
- treaclyExcessively sweet or sentimental
honeyed · sickly-sweet · oversweet · sugarcoated · rich · toothsome · confectionery · candied · caramelized · glazed
surfeit
Excessive quantity, often cloying
gorged · stuffed · repletion · overfull · oversupply · indulgence · replete · overindulgence · fullness · sated