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snuggling

verb , present participle of snuggle

Synonyms and Antonyms of snuggling

1 to sit or recline comfortably or cozily

it's particularly nice to snuggle next to the fire on a snowy day

Synonyms of snuggling

curling up, nestling, snugging

Words Related to snuggling

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

2 to lie close

snuggle up to a friendly cat

Synonyms of snuggling

cuddling, nestling, nuzzling, snoozling [chiefly dialect]

Words Related to snuggling

crouching, huddling

Near Antonyms of snuggling

blenching, flinching, quailing, recoiling, shrinking, shying, starting, wincing

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