huggable
adjUK, US /ˈhʌɡ.ə.bəl/
Etymology From hug + -able.
1
Capable of, or suitable for, being hugged.
- How high? Real high 'cause I'm just so fly / A young lovable, huggable type of guy1992, “Jump”, performed by Kris Kross:
- Claud was glad to oblige, since Gabbie is an extremely huggable girl.1995, Ann M. Martin, Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook, page 78:
2 more examples
- Moreover, this need often manifests itself in the young child's selection of a cuddly or huggable doll or stuffed animal, called a transitional object by child psychologists.2002, Jeffrey S. Turner, Families in America, page 147:
- He was exactly how she remembered him. Where Tyrell was cuddly and huggable, Mohammad was hard and sinewy.2005, Desiree Day, Crazy Love, page 183:
- Synonyms
- cuddly
- Derived terms
- huggability, huggableness, huggably, unhuggable
- Related terms
- hug