Definition of Cuddlesome

1. Adjective. Inviting cuddling or hugging. "A cuddly teddybear"

Exact synonyms: Cuddly
Similar to: Lovable, Loveable
Derivative terms: Cuddle

Definition of Cuddlesome

1. Adjective. Suitable to cuddle, or designed to cuddle; cuddly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cuddlesome

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuddlesome

cuddie
cuddies
cuddin
cuddins
cuddlable
cuddle
cuddle-bunny
cuddle bunny
cuddle up
cuddlecore
cuddled
cuddlefest
cuddler
cuddlers
cuddles
cuddlesome (current term)
cuddlicious
cuddlier
cuddliest
cuddliness
cuddling
cuddly
cuddy
cudgel
cudgeled
cudgeler
cudgelers
cudgeling
cudgelled
cudgelling

Literary usage of Cuddlesome

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Technique of the Photoplay by Epes Winthrop Sargent (1916)
"Not even an Editor can feel on good terms with a heroine who is called Miss Smith all through the script, nor will Tryphosa suggest a lovable, cuddlesome ..."

2. A History of the United States Since the Civil War by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1922)
"These "wenching bouts" with "lulus" and "cuddlesome" women, as Fisk called them, were very trying to the religious sensibilities of Drew. ..."

3. Alice-for-short: A Dichronism by William Frend De Morgan (1907)
"... rather red woman of fifty-odd: you would not describe her as tempting, or what we have heard called cuddlesome. But Alice wants to kiss her for all that ..."

4. Benjamin Franklin in American Thought and Culture, 1790-1990 by Nian-Sheng Huang (1994)
"Baida recalled a story that needs to be quoted at length: date). Aaron Goldman wrote "Our Founding Flirt. cuddlesome Ben Franklin, the Randy Rebel with a ..."

5. English Children in the Olden Time by Elizabeth Godfrey (1907)
"The wooden ones could have joints, so that they could be made to sit or lie, the rag were the least destructible and most cuddlesome, while to the wax could ..."

6. Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Cat Tales by Carl Van Vechten (1921)
"His regnant desires, by which his worthy little life was governed, were to love and to please. He was the most cuddlesome cat, ..."

7. The Book of Daniel Drew: A Glimpse of the Fisk-Gould-Tweed Regime from the by Bouck White (1910)
"... and cuddlesome." I used to scold Jimmy for these wenching bouts of his; but my scoldings didn't count for much. "That's all right, Uncle," he'd answer. ..."

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