embracement

Examples

• All

• And if one arm's embracement will content thee, I will embrace thee in it by and by!

  Titus (1999)

• The warm embracement of her friends made her feel special on her birthday.

• Catherine did not add her own embracements.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Malcolm's embracement of the term Afro-American promoted its acceptance among persons in the Black power/Black consciousness movement.

  Academic text (1994)

• If my son were my husband, I would more freely rejoice in that absence wherein he won honor than in the embracements of his bed where he would show most love.

  Coriolanus (2011)

• He greeted her with a heartfelt embracement as soon as she arrived.

Synonyms

H

hug

vsembracement

433 1.0

A tight hold with the arms to show care

is often used for brief greeting or clear affectionate clasping

E

embrace

vsembracement

61 3.3

A close hug that shows affection and comfort

is limited to physical clasping used for greeting or affection

C

cuddle

vsembracement

19 1.0

A close hug that shows love or gives comfort

is commonly a shorter, more social greeting clasp rather than long comfort

S

snuggle

vsembracement

• Informal

12 2.1

A warm, close hug with a person or pet to show affection

is a briefer clasp used mainly as greeting or simple affection

C

cuddling

vsembracement

9 1.0

Holding someone close in your arms to feel warm and safe

is typically a quicker, greeting or affectionate clasp rather than prolonged comfort

H

hugging

vsembracement

2 1.0

An act of holding someone close to show love or friendship

is more about deliberate clasping for greeting or clear affection

A

abrazo

vsembracement

1 8.2

A warm hug people give to show affection

is the general act used across cultures beyond a single greeting

E

embracing

vsembracement

2.5

A close hug made by putting your arms around someone to show affection

is the noun form with the same meaning

O

open-armed hug

vsembracement

2.5

A warm welcome you give by opening your arms to hold someone

is a simpler clasp not necessarily done with outstretched arms

Antonyms

R

rejection

180 3.0

Not being accepted by people or a group

W

withdrawal

12 6.0

Becoming quiet and less involved with other people

How Affectionate

bear hug

9 3.0

squeeze

• Informal

10 2.0

to cuddle

72 1.0

embracement

1 4.7

hug

433 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology