See cloying on Wiktionary
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "excessively sweet",
"word": "stucchevole"
},
{
"alt": "あまったるい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "amattarui",
"sense": "excessively sweet",
"word": "甘ったるい"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slaščávyj",
"sense": "excessively sweet",
"word": "слаща́вый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prítornyj",
"sense": "excessively sweet",
"word": "при́торный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "excessively sweet",
"word": "empalagoso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "excessively sweet",
"word": "sliskig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "excessively sweet",
"word": "sötsliskig"
}
],
"word": "cloying"
}
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