enveloping
- adjective
- /ɪnˈvɛləpɪŋ/
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envolvente
- The soft blankets created an enveloping warmth that made the cold night feel cozy.
And this matters because narcissism is a personality style is a much more enveloping concept.
- And this matters because narcissism is a personality style is a much more enveloping concept.
- So they built we built systems that kind of reduce the need for that enveloping grasps and the like.
Examples
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And this matters because narcissism is a personality style is a much more enveloping concept.
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I think a chair that feels enveloping and that you're not going to fall off of, I think always helps.
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Instead, she cast herself into the nearby water as all enveloping as her own tears, never to emerge again.
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So they built we built systems that kind of reduce the need for that enveloping grasps and the like.
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Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark.
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yet delicate, enveloping
Fiction book (1996) -
The Bayreuth sound, as it has thereafter been described, is a warm, enveloping, and inclusive one, in which sharp attacks and loud bursts are virtually impossible.
Academic text (1997) -
Unfortunately, beginning with preschool and continuing thereafter, tracking becomes all-enveloping, overemphasized, and irreversible.
Academic text (1991) -
And later, when I'd had two glasses of wine while sitting on my Pottery Barn sofa, I wondered how and when I could ever write about what was becoming one of the more subtly enveloping yet most life-changing experiences of my spoiled-brat existence.
Blog text (6) -
She felt an enveloping sense of calm as she walked through the quiet forest.
Synonyms
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1.7
To be all around a person or thing on every side
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1.0
To cover something by putting material around it
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4.6
Surround or enclose a place by bringing things nearer from all sides
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2.5
To form a circle around something to surround it
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3.7
Surround something completely, often with a wall or fence
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3.4
Cover something by winding a cloth around it
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4.5
To surround something completely, like fog or darkness
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5.1
To cover something completely and suddenly, often by fire or water
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4.9
To cover something completely so nothing can get in or out
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3.4
To form a circle around a person or thing
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5.6
To cover something completely, as if by a blanket or mist
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4.9
Surround something completely so it becomes hard to see
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8.0
To cover something completely, often by surrounding it with cloth or paper
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8.8
To surround something on all sides
Surrounding something on all sides
Completely surround something, often in a round shape like a ball
Surrounding something on all sides like a ring
Something that is on all sides of a place or person
Antonyms
How Enclosing
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Morphology
Etymology
Enveloping comes from the parts en- (meaning 'in') and velope (from a word meaning 'wrap'), and you can see the same idea in envelope, the paper that 'wraps' a letter. So, an enveloping fog or feeling is something that 'wraps' around you on all sides.