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snuggle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of snuggle

curl up, nestle, snug
Words Related to snuggle

burrow

couch, crouch, huddle, hunch, hunker (down), scrunch, squat, squinch

2 to lie close

  • snuggle up to a friendly cat
Synonyms of snuggle

cuddle, nestle, nuzzle, snoozle [chiefly dialect]
Words Related to snuggle

curl up

crouch, huddle
Near Antonyms of snuggle

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

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