OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 21467

clingy

/ˈklɪŋi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pegadizo • pegajoso
Having a tendency to cling.
I conceded I might have slightly mollified if it had been Wendy Rieger in that clingy leopard skin blouse she wears on Channel 4.
a clingy minidress
celoso • dipe • empalagoso • encimoso • faldero • lapa • pegachento • pegadizo • pegajoso • posesivo
Pathetically attached to, or possessive of someone, usually a significant other.
a clingy ex-girlfriend who won't stop calling
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