body-hugging

adjective

Clinging tightly to one's body.

Meanings

adjectivebody-hugging (comparative more body-hugging, superlative most 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
    1 more example

    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: skintight, figure-hugging

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveClinging tightly to one's body.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 緊身 /紧身
  • 緊身 /紧身 (jǐnshēn)clinging tightly to one's body
Finnish vartalonmyötäinen
  • vartalonmyötäinenclinging tightly to one's body
French moulant
  • moulantclinging tightly to one's body
Russian обтя́гивающий
  • обтя́гивающий (obtjágivajuščij)clinging tightly to one's body
Cite this entry
APA

body-hugging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body-hugging

MLA

“body-hugging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body-hugging. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “body-hugging,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body-hugging.

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