clutching
Grasping with force
Clutching is the present participle of clutch—to grip tightly, often desperately or anxiously.
Someone clutching a handbag holds it close; someone clutching at straws grasps for any slim hope.
The word suggests tension or urgency: She sat clutching the armrest during takeoff.
Clutching can also describe possessive or controlling behavior: a clutching parent who won't let go.
Secure manual hold
- graspSeize or understand
- holdMaintain in grasp
- claspSecuring device that clicks
- clenchSqueeze tightly shut
squeeze · tighten · fingers · fist · palms · nails · knuckles · white-knuckled
Utter loss of hope
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- fearEmotional response to threat
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- attachmentConnection or fondness
possessive · needy · clinging · security · comfort · trembling · frantic · protective
grip
Secure manual hold
clench · squeeze · tighten · fingers · fist · palms · nails · knuckles · white-knuckled · death grip
desperation
Utter loss of hope
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- fearEmotional response to threat
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
attachment · possessive · needy · clinging · security · comfort · trembling · frantic · protective · hoarding
- gamingvideo games, buff, games, PlayStation 4, gameplay
- action verbsrun, jump, chase, grab, climb
- greedgreed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, materialism
- eager actionsrushing, lunging, grabbing, leaping, pouncing
- graspinggrasping, apprehending, comprehending, understanding, catching
- reaching actionsstretching, grasping, grabbing, extending, lunging
clutchingreleasing
Allowing to escape
letting go · dropping · loosing · relinquishing · loosening
clutchingreleasing
Allowing to escape
letting go · relinquishing · surrendering · abandoning · renouncing
- pearl clutchingPerformative moral shock
- clutching pearlsPerformative dismay gesture
- clutching one's pearlsAffected shock at impropriety
- double clutchingTwo-pedal gear synchronization method