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snugness

snugness

1 3.4
A warm, cozy feeling that makes you comfortable
  • noun
  • /ˈsnʌɡnəs/
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  • The snugness of the cabin made it the perfect place to relax during the winter storm.

Examples

  • She wiped her tears with a sock and lay across their bed, mixing in with the softness, the snugness, and the smells.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Look, they actually look really good on you, like with your hair, Everything really fit, really fit well, Like the snugness feels really good.

  • I'll bet the extra thickness is what led to the snugness in the fabric.

    Blog text (12)
  • But As for the snugness and the stretch, they're they're equally as great, but they're also not quite full length on my feet.

  • And as he walked or sat near a play area, a musical fountain, a petting zoo, and this month a Santa throne, the man often felt a domestic snugness.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The snugness of the fit would have created spasms of envy in the ladies of the chorus in the old, old days when the burlesque wheel flourished.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The warm blanket wrapped around me gave a sense of snugness that made me feel safe.

  • After a long day, I love to sink into my couch, enjoying the snugness of my favorite throw blanket.

Synonyms

comfort
vssnugness
190 1.0

A feeling of physical ease and being free from pain

adds a distinct sense of warm safety and close, comforting shelter
warmth
vssnugness
90 1.0

A gentle feeling of heat on your skin

combines that heat with a clear feeling of safety and snug comfort
coziness
vssnugness
  • US
4 2.3

A warm comfortable feeling of being safe in a small familiar place

adds a stronger sense of being both warm and safely sheltered
hominess
vssnugness
1 7.0

A comfortable, cozy feeling like being at home

adds a clearer physical sense of being warm and protected
comfortableness
vssnugness
1 4.5

A feeling of being relaxed and at ease with people or places

adds a specific feeling of warm, safe, and cozy wellbeing
comfortability
vssnugness
1 7.0

How comfortable something feels, for example a bed or chair

emphasizes added warmth and a sheltered, intimate feeling
cozy atmosphere
vssnugness
  • US
3.4

A warm, comfortable feeling in a room that makes you feel relaxed

focuses more on the personal state of safe, warm comfort
cozy vibe
vssnugness
  • Informal
3.9

A warm, comfortable feeling in a place that makes people feel welcome

is more about an individual's physical warmth combined with safety
toastiness
vssnugness
4.1

A pleasant warmth that makes you feel comfortable

includes that pleasant heat but also adds safety and sheltering comfort

Antonyms

119 3.2

A feeling of physical pain or mental unease

5 1.0

A feeling or condition of low temperature

How Cozy

snugness
1 3.4
coziness
  • US
4 2.3
comfort
190 1.0
discomfort
119 3.2
exposure
38 4.6

Surface Forms

snugness singular
snugnesses plural

Morphology

snugness = snug (transparent) = snug + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'snug' indicating the state or quality of being snug.

Etymology

Snugness comes from the short word snug, which in older English meant 'secure' or 'fitting tightly', like something that holds you in place. So snugness is the warm, safe, cosy feeling of being wrapped up or well protected.