cloy

/ˈklȯi/

Middle English, to hinder, lame, alteration of acloyen to harm, maim, modification of Anglo-French encloer to nail, prick a horse with a nail in shoeing, from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin in + clavus nail

verb

  1. to supply with an unwanted or distasteful excess usually of something originally pleasing

  2. to be or become insipid or distasteful usually through an excess of an originally pleasurable quality (such as sweetness)

… Cordelia has been cloyed by her sisters' excessive protestations of affection …

satiate sate surfeit cloy pall glut gorge mean to fill to repletion. satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire. surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.