Meanings
comparative more body-hugging · superlative most body-hugging
- 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 Guardian1 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 12Synonyms: 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
body-hugging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body-hugging
“body-hugging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body-hugging. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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