Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cloy
Participle: cloyed
Gerund: cloying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cloy |
| you | cloy |
| he;she;it | cloys |
| we | cloy |
| you | cloy |
| they | cloy |
Perfect
| I | have cloyed |
| you | have cloyed |
| he;she;it | has cloyed |
| we | have cloyed |
| you | have cloyed |
| they | have cloyed |
Past
| I | cloyed |
| you | cloyed |
| he;she;it | cloyed |
| we | cloyed |
| you | cloyed |
| they | cloyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cloyed |
| you | had cloyed |
| he;she;it | had cloyed |
| we | had cloyed |
| you | had cloyed |
| they | had cloyed |
Future
| I | will cloy |
| you | will cloy |
| he;she;it | will cloy |
| we | will cloy |
| you | will cloy |
| they | will cloy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cloyed |
| you | will have cloyed |
| he;she;it | will have cloyed |
| we | will have cloyed |
| you | will have cloyed |
| they | will have cloyed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cloy |
| you | cloy |
| he;she;it | cloy |
| we | cloy |
| you | cloy |
| they | cloy |
Perfect
| I | have cloyed |
| you | have cloyed |
| he;she;it | have cloyed |
| we | have cloyed |
| you | have cloyed |
| they | have cloyed |
Imperfect
| I | cloyed |
| you | cloyed |
| he;she;it | cloyed |
| we | cloyed |
| you | cloyed |
| they | cloyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cloyed |
| you | had cloyed |
| he;she;it | had cloyed |
| we | had cloyed |
| you | had cloyed |
| they | had cloyed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cloy |
| you | would cloy |
| he;she;it | would cloy |
| we | would cloy |
| you | would cloy |
| they | would cloy |
Perfect
| I | would have cloyed |
| you | would have cloyed |
| he;she;it | would have cloyed |
| we | would have cloyed |
| you | would have cloyed |
| they | would have cloyed |
Imperative
| you | cloy |
| we | Let's cloy |
| you | cloy |
Verbs conjugated like 'cloy'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cloy'
clay,
clod,
clog,
clop,
clot,
cly,
coy,
ploy,
accloy,
accoy,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1530, aphetic of Anglo-Norm. acloyer, from O.Fr. enclouer "to fasten with a nail, hinder, cripple a horse by driving a nail into the hoof," from clou "a nail," from V.L. inclavare, from L. clavus "a nail" (see slot (2)). Meaning "to fill to loathing, surfeit" is first recorded 1530.
2. From an aphetic form of Middle English acloyen, from Old French enclouer, encloer, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus.
Sample Sentences
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Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so. [1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:]