What is another word for cuddling?

Pronunciation: [kˈʌdlɪŋ] (IPA)

Cuddling is an act of intimacy and affection that comes with a feeling of security and warmth. However, there are a variety of words that can be used interchangeably with cuddling. For instance, some alternatives are snuggling, hugging, embracing, nestling, nuzzling, or caressing. All these words suggest an amorous and soft behavior, which can be a great way to express feelings of love and admiration towards someone you care about. These synonyms also provide a fun and creative way to bring diversity into a relationship and spice things up. So, whether you cuddle, snuggle, or hug, there's always a way to express love and affection towards your significant other.

Synonyms for Cuddling:

What are the hypernyms for Cuddling?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Cuddling

Still cuddling close, her head on his shoulder, her heart going out to him as she thought of the next morning and the task before him, she talked of their coming move to the mountains, and of the log-cabin for which Jack had already given orders; of the approaching autumn and winter and what they would make of it, and of dear daddy's plans and profits, and of how long they must wait before a larger log-cabin-one big enough for two-would be theirs for life-any and every topic which she thought would divert his mind-but Garry's ghost would not down.
"Peter A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero"
F. Hopkinson Smith
By three o'clock on the afternoon in question Ester was thoroughly tired, but little plum pies by the dozen were cuddling among snowy napkins in the willow basket, and Alfred's face was radiant as he expressed his satisfaction, after this fashion: You're just jolly, Ester!
"Ester Ried"
Pansy (aka. Isabella M. Alden)
You're to be pitied, you see, until you get over this absurd habit of cuddling down among the pillows.
"Ester Ried"
Pansy (aka. Isabella M. Alden)

Famous quotes with Cuddling

  • All this cuddling and kissing on stage these days, well it's all right in football when someone scores a goal, but not when you're playing darts.
    Eric Bristow
  • At times we pick from our “extensive time experience” some enchanting moments that are cuddling in our mind. They are stolen moments from our durational perception and we are keen on holding them preciously in our memory’s Garden of Eden. ("Stolen moments" )
    Erik Pevernagie
  • The first time Tim Westwood did that chestbump to me, I ended up sort of cuddling his arm.
    Russell Brand
  • All those years that my image on the screen as "sex goddess"—well that makes me laugh. Sex was never important to me. I'm sorry if that disappoints you, but it's true. Romance, yes. Romance was very important. But I never liked being rushed into bed, and I never allowed it. I'd put it off as long as I could and I gave in only when I was in love, or thought I was. It was always the courtship, the cuddling, and the closeness that I cared about, never the act of sex itself—with some exceptions of course. I'm not masquerading as a prude, but I've always been portrayed as a sexy woman, and that's wrong. Sensuous, yes. When I'm involved with someone I care for deeply, I can feel sensual. But that's a private matter.
    Lana Turner

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