cuddle

Speech parts

1. cuddle - Noun

2. cuddle - Verb

Meaning

To embrace closely; to fondle.

A close embrace.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

nestle snuggle nuzzle hold nest embrace squeeze hug clasp draw close hold close cuddle up buss pat hugger
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Antonyms

parry duck depression fudge blanch avoid
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Hypernyms

embrace clutch embracing squeeze hug bosom

Phrases with the word

come-and-cuddle-me cuddle up to blue cuddle kiss and cuddle bunny cuddle cuddle toy

Derivatives

cuddled cuddling

Examples

Don't get me wrong, I like to cuddle. But there is such a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so that they can't get away. Dave Attell

Say, what is the spell, when her fledgelings are cheeping, That lures the bird home to her nest? Or wakes the tired mother, whose infant is weeping, To cuddle and croon it to rest? Lewis Carroll

All I really wanted to do was cuddle back under the blankets, maybe with a certain stuffed toy penguin I knew. Yeah, hiding sounded good. Laurell K. Hamilton

If I had a Salvador Dali painting, I would cuddle it to sleep. Mac Miller

My days, if they start in the morning with a cuddle from my son, are just so much more glorious than they were prior to that. Russell Crowe

I consider myself gay because at the end of the night, that's who I want to cuddle with. But when I go out, I go to straight clubs. Jai Rodriguez

Close letter words and terms

Cuddesdon and Denton Cuddington cuddlable cuddle buddy cuddle bug cuddle bunny