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Synonyms for clingy
ˈklɪŋ iclingy

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  1. glommy

    too attached to a person, place, or thing.

    she’s a glommy mommy.

    Submitted by sunchuker47 on June 11, 2021  

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  1. List of paraphrases for "clingy":

    sticky, flashy, tacky, onthe

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  1. Mayim Bialik:

    I definitely became more aware of how much I was becoming more and more clingy as they pulled away, which is a natural thing for boys to do. It’s been a real exercise in patience and also trusting that they’re not going to go away forever and that this is part of a normal pulling away. after thinking about it more, and realizing obviously I ’m trained as a scientist of both the male and the female body and as a mom of two boys, it was something that obviously I had some experience.


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