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clinging

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kl????/
  • Hyphenation: cling?ing

Verb

clinging

  1. Present participle and gerund of cling.

Synonyms

  • (noun): attachment
  • (adjective): clingy, adherent, adhesive

Noun

clinging (plural clingings)

  1. The act of one who clings.
    • 2013, Lawrence C. Becker, Charlotte B. Becker, Encyclopedia of Ethics (page 217)
      The mind [] ascribes characters to things. It can become attached in the process, the attachment taking such forms as erroneous thoughts and clingings, and the Buddha-nature thereby becomes defiled in the way that the sun may be obscured by clouds or a mirror by dust.

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clinger

English

Etymology

cling +? -er

Noun

clinger (plural clingers)

  1. One who clings.
  2. (informal) An emotionally clingy person.

Anagrams

  • cringle

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