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Antonyms for pettings
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pet-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛt ɪŋ |
Definition of pettings
Origin :- 1873, "fondling indulgence," verbal noun from pet (v.). Meaning "amorous caressing, foreplay" is from 1920 (in F. Scott Fitzgerald).
- As in indulgence : noun luxury; gratification
- As in necking : noun kissing
- As in touch : noun physical contact
- As in kissing : noun osculation
- As in caress : noun loving touch
- As in tactility : noun touch
- As in foreplay : noun fondling
- There would be no pettings and caressings from her, that was quite certain.
- Extract from : « The Golden Butterfly » by Walter Besant
- Civilly, he would endure the pettings of these visiting outlanders.
- Extract from : « Lad: A Dog » by Albert Payson Terhune
- He took the pettings seriously, and fretted over women not worth saddling a pony to call upon.
- Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
- But just then, Miss Baby having had enough of Mrs. Prideaux' pettings, set up a shout.
- Extract from : « Nurse Heatherdale's Story » by Mary Louisa Molesworth
- He was restless, till he became a willing slave to that woman's smiles, caresses and pettings.
- Extract from : « A California Girl » by Edward Eldridge
- Poor fool, he could not see that her kind talk and pettings were only a means employed to gain her end.
- Extract from : « A California Girl » by Edward Eldridge
- The attachment of the parents to their children is touching, though it is never expressed in words or pettings.
- Extract from : « Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure » by Edward Carpenter
- All the adored Mistress' coaxings and pettings could not rouse Lad from his dull apathy of despair.
- Extract from : « Lad: A Dog » by Albert Payson Terhune
- She submitted, a little as the pampered kitten had before submitted to her own pettings.
- Extract from : « The Lions of the Lord » by Harry Leon Wilson
Synonyms for pettings
- action
- allowance
- appeasement
- attention
- babying
- blow
- brush
- bussing
- canoodling
- caress
- caressing
- coddling
- collision
- communication
- contact
- contingence
- courtesy
- crash
- cuddle
- cuddling
- embrace
- embracing
- endearment
- endurance
- excess
- extravagance
- favor
- favoring
- feel
- feeling
- fondling
- fondness
- forbearance
- fulfillment
- goodwill
- gratifying
- graze
- grope
- handling
- heavy petting
- hedonism
- hit
- hug
- immoderation
- impact
- intemperance
- intemperateness
- junction
- kindness
- kiss
- kissing
- kowtowing
- lenience
- leniency
- lick
- love-making
- lovemaking
- making love
- making out
- manipulation
- necking
- nudge
- oral sex
- palpation
- pampering
- parking
- partiality
- pat
- patience
- peck
- perception
- percussion
- permissiveness
- pet
- petting
- placating
- pleasing
- privilege
- profligacy
- profligateness
- push
- rub
- rubbing
- satiation
- satisfaction
- scratch
- service
- sex
- sexual activity
- shock
- smooching
- snuggle
- spoiling
- spooning
- squeeze
- stroke
- stroking
- sucking face
- tactility
- taction
- tap
- taste
- toadying
- tolerance
- toleration
- touching
- treating
- understanding
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