clutching

Definitions

Grasping or holding something tightly with the hands or claws.

Attempting to seize or reach for something in a desperate or sudden manner.

Examples

The frightened child was clutching her teddy bear tightly as the storm raged outside.

He stood at the edge of the cliff, clutching the rope with white-knuckled intensity.

Synonyms

grasping clasping holding gripping clinging seizing snatching

Antonyms

releasing dropping letting go abandoning freeing surrendering relinquishing