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huggy

huggy

3 7.0
Liking to give or receive hugs
  • adjective
  • /ˈhʌɡi/
  • Informal
translation icon : abrazador
  • Like one of them TV shows where everyone's all huggy and kissy in the end.
  • huggy guy
  • huggy person
  • huggy kind

Anyway, We we work a lot on that because I am not a huggy kissy.

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Examples

  • Anyway, We we work a lot on that because I am not a huggy kissy.

    Tom Ferry

  • The rest of my family is not very huggy people, being somewhat repressed Brits, and that's rather sad.

    Blog text (21)

  • Not, not a whole huggy huggy lot here.

  • Though I'm not really a huggy kind of guy, I put my arm around his shoulders.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • I'm a huggy person, but just tell me if you're not cool with that.

    Blog text (19)

  • She is very huggy and loves to embrace her friends when she sees them.

  • At family gatherings, he becomes especially huggy and greets everyone with a warm hug.

  • Her huggy nature makes everyone feel welcome at the party.

Synonyms

affectionate
vshuggy
56 2.2

To show warm, loving feelings to someone

is specifically about liking frequent close physical contact
cuddly
vshuggy
37 1.0

Soft and pleasant to hug or hold close

is more about wanting frequent close contact than just being pleasant to hold
lovey
vshuggy
9 8.3

Showing tender affection in public or toward someone close

is more about a habit of physical closeness rather than public tenderness
dovey
vshuggy
  • Informal
5 8.3

Being very loving and sweet in a way that feels too romantic

is less about sentimentality and more about habitual physical closeness
cuddlesome
vshuggy
1 8.2

Feels pleasant to hold or hug like a soft blanket

focuses on enjoying close contact often rather than merely feeling pleasant to hold
embracive
vshuggy
8.0

Someone who likes to hug and show physical affection

is fond of both giving and receiving close physical contact

Antonyms

aloof
34 6.3

Not friendly and distant, not joining in with other people

reserved
3.7

Not willing to show feelings or talk much

How Affectionate

clingy
  • Informal
27 4.8
huggy
  • Informal
3 7.0
affectionate
56 2.2
warm
280 1.0
reserved
3.7

Surface Forms

huggy positive

Morphology

huggy = hug (transparent) = hug + y

The adjective is directly formed from 'hug' with the productive suffix '-y' meaning 'tending to or characterized by hugging,' which is transparent to learners.

Etymology

Huggy comes from the simple word hug ('to hold someone close') plus the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'like', as in sleepy. That is why a huggy person or pet is 'full of hugs' and likes to give or get hugs.