Antonyms for massage

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : muh-sahzh, -sahj or, esp. British, mas-ahzh

Phonetic Transcription : məˈsɑʒ, -ˈsɑdʒ or, esp. British, ˈmæs ɑʒ

Definition of massage

Origin : 1874, from French massage "friction of kneading," from masser "to massage," possibly from Arabic massa "to touch, feel, handle;" if so, probably picked up in Egypt during the Napoleonic campaign there. Other possibility is that French got it in colonial India from Portuguese amassar "knead," a verb from Latin massa "mass, dough" (see mass (n.1)). Massage parlor first attested 1894, from the start a euphemism for "house of prostitution."

noun kneading of body parts
verb knead body parts

Example sentences :

For the present he can but prescribe a purgative and a massage of the arm and spine.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

It is often the case that some gland is weak and can be strengthened by this massage.
Extract from : « How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions » by S. S. Curry

Don't forget the daily massage; it will work wonders in your appearance.
Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter

Having once come to massage her, she wished to see him again, retained him.
Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet

Automatically she gives him his bath, his massage, his run in the park.
Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne

This aids nutrition and because of the massage it aids circulation.
Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague

She calmly took a seat on the stairs and proceeded to massage her head.
Extract from : « The Critic in the Orient » by George Hamlin Fitch

Electricity is an excellent accessory to massage—but that is another story.
Extract from : « The Woman Beautiful » by Helen Follett Stevans

There is, of course, nothing like massage for rubbing things in.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 » by Various

It's a throat and gout place-baths, massage, electricity, and so forth.
Extract from : « Actions and Reactions » by Rudyard Kipling

Synonyms for massage

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