clingyadjective
uk/ˈklɪŋ.i/us/ˈklɪŋ.i/clingy adjective (STICKING)
used to describe something that sticks onto someone or something tightly:
clingy material
a clingy skirt
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Style & appearance of clothes
- -sleeved
- backless
- baggy
- bespoke
- black tie
- bootcut
- hang
- ill-fitting
- knitted
- low slung
- low-cut
- preppy
- ruck
- scantily
- scoop-neck
- sequin
- skintight
- snug
- tweedy
- wraparound
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Textiles: describing words
clingy adjective (STAYING CLOSE)
disapproving A clingy person stays close to and depends on a person who is taking care of them:
Jimmy is a very clingy child.
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Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- dread
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- have a cow idiom
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restive
- restless
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