clinging vine
Overly attached individual
A clinging vine is a person, typically a woman, who depends excessively on others for emotional support or decision-making.
The image comes from climbing plants that cannot stand without attachment to a structure.
The term carries dismissive connotations, suggesting someone who lacks independence: He left her because she was such a clinging vine.
- climbAscend using effort
- reliantRequiring external support
- gripSecure manual hold
- smotheringDepriving of air
- possessivenessExcessive attachment to ownership
dependency · ivy league · attachment · intimacy · tendril · doormat · twist · wisteria · helplessness · needy · symbiosis · kudzu · submissive · southern belle · ball and chain · wrap · insecurity · entwine
clinging vinelone wolf
Self-reliant individualist
free spirit · loner · rugged individualist · maverick · hermit
clinging vinego-getter
Ambitious, driven person
trailblazer · pillar of strength · tower of strength · leader · mover and shaker
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