Why are you so clingy?
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Clingy
//ˈklɪŋi//
Synonyms for "clingy" (23 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (11)
Adjective(3 words)
Phrase(1 words)
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1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- прилепнал adj (having a tendency to cling)
Catalan
2 entries- apegalós adj (possessive over another person)
- cosó adj (possessive over another person)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 纏人的 /缠人的 adj (possessive over another person)
Czech
4 entries- citově vázaný adj (possessive over another person)
- přilnavý adj (having a tendency to cling)
- přiléhavý adj (having a tendency to cling)
- těsný adj (having a tendency to cling)
Finnish
3 entries- ihonmyötäinen adj (having a tendency to cling)
- takertuva adj (possessive over another person)
- vartalonmukainen adj (having a tendency to cling)
French
2 entries- collant adj (having a tendency to cling)
- collant adj (possessive over another person)
German
4 entries- anhaftend adj (having a tendency to cling)
- anhänglich adj (having a tendency to cling)
- anhänglich adj (possessive over another person)
- klammernd adj (possessive over another person)
Hungarian
4 entries- bújós adj (possessive over another person)
- csimpaszkodó adj (possessive over another person)
- csüggeszkedő adj (possessive over another person)
- csüngő adj (possessive over another person)
Macedonian
3 entries- ле́плив adj (having a tendency to cling)
- на́метлив adj (possessive over another person)
- при́врзан adj (possessive over another person)
Polish
1 entries- przylepny adj (having a tendency to cling)
Russian
4 entries- ли́пкий adj (having a tendency to cling)
- навя́зчивый adj (possessive over another person)
- назо́йливый adj (possessive over another person)
- привя́зчивый adj (possessive over another person)
Spanish
4 entries- celoso adj (possessive over another person)
- dipe adj (possessive over another person)
- empalagoso adj (possessive over another person)
- encimoso adj (possessive over another person)
Swedish
1 entries- klängig adj (having a tendency to cling)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He's too clingy.
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The boy was too clingy to function in society.
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Tom is too clingy.
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