cloy

Signification (English)

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

Concepts

dégoûter

répugner

écoeurer

rassasier

Synonyms

surfeit

satiate

glut

pall

sate

overflow

overindulge

overstock

pig out

revolt

satiety

satisfy

turn off

have enough

gluttonise

consume

be nincompoop

disgust

gorge

ingurgitate

overcrowd

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/klɔɪ/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: acloyen

In summary

From an aphetic form of Middle English acloyen, from Old French enclouer, encloer, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Late Latin clāvāre, present active infinitive of clāvō, from Latin clāvus.