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Antonyms for hugged

Grammar : Verb
Spell : huhg
Phonetic Transcription : hʌg


Definition of hugged

Origin :
  • 1560s, hugge "to embrace," of unknown origin; perhaps from Old Norse hugga "to comfort," from hugr "courage, mood," from Proto-Germanic *hugjan, related to Old English hycgan "to think, consider," Gothic hugs "mind, soul, thought." Other have noted the similarity in some senses to German hegen "to foster, cherish," originally "to enclose with a hedge." Related: Hugged; hugging. The noun was originally (1610s) a hold in wrestling. Meaning "affectionate embrace" is from 1650s.
  • verb hold close, cling to
Example sentences :
  • She ran to him and put her arms about him and hugged him and cried over him.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Dogs are made to be hugged and coddled and given the best cushion in the boat.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • The epithet "hugged in," which Hetty had used, was the very phrase to best convey it.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • He hugged and embraced me, trying to overcome my resistance.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • She broke out into a little scream, and hugged him tightly round his neck.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • He hugged the most intimate ones to his little, thin breast.
  • Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • And the captain looked anything but formidable as he hugged the radiator.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • To my intense surprise, Hephzy threw her arms about my neck and hugged me.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I commenced to laff, but the next minute the woman come for me and hugged me, too.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Kate kissed and hugged her, then fled away to the Melliah field.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

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