🤗 Fond of hugging 🌐 Including many 🌳 Enclosing closely

embracive

1 8.0

Someone who likes to hug and show physical affection

adjective
/ɪmˈbreɪsɪv/

: afectuoso

He greeted his friends with an embracive hug, showing his affection.

Examples

Her embracive nature made everyone feel welcome at the party.
The embracive atmosphere of the gathering encouraged open exchanges of support and love.
I think when people shake, I think she would have had more of a like embracive look on her face when she shook her head and said no like that.

Synonyms

affectionate

vsembracive

49 2.2

To show warm, loving feelings to someone

is more about physical closeness rather than general fondness

touchy-feely

vsembracive

Informal

22 7.9

Openly showing too much emotion and physical closeness that makes others uncomfortable

is about sincere physical closeness, not excessive or uncomfortable display

huggy

vsembracive

Informal

5 7.0

Liking to give or receive hugs

is inclined to show physical affection mainly through close friendly contact

Antonyms

cold

372 4.4

Unfriendly and distant in feeling or action

aloof

33 6.3

Not friendly and distant, not joining in with other people

How Affectionate

embracive

1 8.0

cuddly

38 1.0

affectionate

49 2.2

warm

321 1.0

friendly

763 1.0

Surface Forms

embracive positive

Morphology

embracive = embrace (transparent) = embrace + ive

Direct adjective formation from 'embrace' meaning 'to hug' so 'inclined to embrace' is straightforward.

Etymology

Embracive comes from embrace, made of em- 'in' and a root for 'arm', the same idea you see in bracelet. So to be embracive is like being 'in the arms' of someone, which explains why it means being fond of hugging and showing physical affection.