#clinging

• Clinging — Having the property or tendency to catch, latch, or snag easily onto surfaces, clothes, or other plants; clinging. In rural folklore, the adjective describes climbing plants featuring heavy thorns or pronounced tendrils and, figuratively, a highly bothersome, persistent, or quarrelsome person.
• Clinging — Tending to catch, snag, or easily fix itself onto surrounding objects, clothes, or people by means of spines, bristles, hooks, or adherent textures; figuratively and morally, it describes a pestering, annoying, or insistent person who seeks at all costs to initiate a conversation, create unwanted bonds, or take advantage of others.