English

A kitten hugging another kitten.

Alternative forms

• hugable

Adjective

huggable ‎(comparative more huggable, superlative most huggable)

1. Capable of, or suitable for, being hugged.
   • 1995, Ann M. Martin, Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook‎, page 78:

     Claud was glad to oblige, since Gabbie is an extremely huggable girl.

   • 2002, Jeffrey S. Turner, Families in America, page 147:

     Moreover, this need often manifests itself in the young child's selection of a cuddly or huggable doll or stuffed animal, called a transitional object by child psychologists.

   • 2005, Desiree Day, Crazy Love‎, page 183:

     He was exactly how she remembered him. Where Tyrell was cuddly and huggable, Mohammad was hard and sinewy.

Synonyms

• cuddly

Derived terms

• huggableness
• huggability
• huggably

Related terms

• hug

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