clingy
adj/ˈklɪŋi/
Etymology From cling + -y.
1
Having a tendency to cling.
- a clingy minidress
- I conceded I might have slightly mollified if it had been Wendy Rieger in that clingy leopard skin blouse she wears on Channel 4.2003, Tony Kornheiser, I'm Back for More Cash (Because You Can't Take Two Hundred Newspapers into the Bathroom), page 255:
2
Derogatory, Informal, Usually attached to, or possessive of someone, usually a significant other.
- Near-synonym: needy
- a clingy ex-girlfriend who won't stop calling
- Synonyms
- clinging, close-fitting, overattached
- Derived terms
- clingily, clinginess, unclingy