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couching

verb , present participle of couch

Synonyms and Antonyms of couching

1 to convey in appropriate or telling terms

I'm trying to couch this delicately: I don't think we should date anymore

Synonyms of couching

articulating, clothing, expressing, formulating, phrasing, putting, saying, stating, wording

Words Related to couching

crafting, framing

hinting, implying, insinuating, intimating, suggesting

paraphrasing, rephrasing, restating, rewording, summarizing, translating

communicating, disclosing, speaking, talking, telling, uttering, verbalizing, vocalizing

describing, rendering, writing up

2 to lie low with the limbs close to the body

I couched behind the partition so as to avoid an awkward situation with my ex

Synonyms of couching

crouching, huddling, hunching, hunkering (down), scrunching, squatting, squinching

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