Hug vs Huggable - What's the difference?
hug | huggable |
(obsolete) To crouch; huddle as with cold.
To cling closely together.
To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
To stay close to (the shore etc.)
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, title= (figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
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Capable of, or suitable for, being hugged.
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Huggable is a related term of hug.
As a noun hug
is an affectionate close embrace.As a verb hug
is to crouch; huddle as with cold.As an adjective huggable is
capable of, or suitable for, being hugged.hug
English
(wikipedia hug)Verb
(hugg)- (Palsgrave)
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- We hug deformities if they bear our names.
Synonyms
* accoll (obsolete) * coll * embraceSee also
* cuddle * huggle * kiss * snuggle * squeezeDerived terms
* body-hugging ----huggable
English
Alternative forms
* hugableAdjective
(en adjective)- Claud was glad to oblige, since Gabbie is an extremely huggable girl.
- Moreover, this need often manifests itself in the young child's selection of a cuddly or huggable doll or stuffed animal, called a transitional object by child psychologists.
- He was exactly how she remembered him. Where Tyrell was cuddly and huggable , Mohammad was hard and sinewy.