Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clinging

/ˈklɪŋɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: cling-ing
IPA: /ˈklɪŋɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

noun

The act of one who clings.

verb

present participle and gerund of cling

Example Sentences

"Yes, very clinging; my cousin has a delightful figure, and can stand it."
"He became more clinging, more mischievous and more difficult."
"It is a greyish white, high melting metal, very clinging, not very ductile and with difficulty malleable."
"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."

Inflected Forms

clingings (plural)

Derived Forms

clingingly clingingness unclinging

Phrases

self-clinging

Synonyms

adherent adhesive clingy attachment

Rhymes With

bringing singing swinging ringing stinging springing slinging flinging stringing wringing pinging winging

Questions

How do you pronounce clinging?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈklɪŋɪŋ/.
What does clinging mean?: Clingy.

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