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clinging

Syllables: cling·ing/ˈklɪŋɪŋ/

clinging adjective: clingy. Also the present participle and gerund of cling.

Adjective

clinging

  1. Clingy.
    • Yes, very clinging; my cousin has a delightful figure, and can stand it.1894, Ludovic Halévy, Parisian Points of View, page 182
    • He became more clinging, more mischievous and more difficult.2008, John Bowlby, Attachment

Noun

clinging (plural clingings)

  1. The act of one who clings.
    • The mind […] ascribes characters to things. It can become attached in the process, the attachment taking such forms as erroneous thoughts and clingings, and the Buddha-nature thereby becomes defiled in the way that the sun may be obscured by clouds or a mirror by dust.2013, Lawrence C. Becker, Charlotte B. Becker, Encyclopedia of Ethics, page 217
    Synonyms:
    attachment

Also used as

clinging is also the present participle and gerund of cling.

clinging meaning in Gujarati, Odia and Nepali

clinging in Gujarati

ક્લિન્ગિંગ

clinging in Odia

କ୍ଲିଂିଂ

clinging in Nepali

क्लिन्गिङ

Synonyms of clinging

Forms of clinging

pluralclingings

Words formed from clinging

Phrases with clinging

Questions about clinging

What does clinging mean?
Clinging means clingy.
What is clinging in Gujarati?
Clinging in Gujarati is ક્લિન્ગિંગ. See Clinging meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is clinging?
Clinging can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce clinging?
Clinging is pronounced /ˈklɪŋɪŋ/.

Words near clinging in the dictionary

  1. clingfishes
  2. clingier
  3. clingiest
  4. clingily
  5. clinginess
  6. clinging
  7. clinging on
  8. clinging to
  9. clinging to the skirts of
  10. clinging vine
  11. clinging vines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clinging (page history and authors); clinging (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clinging (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clinging (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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