snuggle

snuggle

verb

Definition of SNUGGLE

1

to sit or recline comfortably or cozily <it's particularly nice to snuggle next to the fire on a snowy day>

Synonyms curl up, nestle, snug

Related Words burrow; couch, crouch, huddle, hunch, hunker (down), scrunch, squat, squinch

2

to lie close <snuggle up to a friendly cat>

Synonyms cuddle, nestle, snoozle [chiefly dialect], snuggle

Related Words curl up; crouch, huddle

Near Antonyms blench, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, shy, start, wince