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body-hugging

body-hugging adjective: clinging tightly to one's body.

Adjective

body-hugging (comparative more body-hugging, superlative most body-hugging)

  1. Clinging tightly to one's body.
    • You might think you look great in the full, body-hugging Lycra gimp suit, but chances are your girlfriend disagrees – according to the poll only 7% of the women asked found it a good look.2009 October 9, Peter Walker, The Guardian
    • I headed east toward Broadway and then down again, bobbing along the rushing river of shoppers, past windows behind which mannequins stood silently, posed in body-hugging T-shirts—“Hottie,” “Fabulous,” “Sexy,” written across the bust.2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 12

Synonyms of body-hugging

Forms of body-hugging

comparativemore body-hugging
superlativemost body-hugging

Questions about body-hugging

What does body-hugging mean?
Body-hugging means clinging tightly to one's body.
What part of speech is body-hugging?
Body-hugging is an adjective.

Words near body-hugging in the dictionary

  1. body-dysmorphic disorder
  2. body-dysmorphic disorders
  3. body-focused repetitive behavior disorder
  4. body-focused repetitive behavior disorders
  5. body-hair
  6. body-hugging
  7. body-mind
  8. body-minds
  9. body-ody-ody
  10. body-paint
  11. body-painted

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