Meanings
adjectivetree-hugging (comparative more tree-hugging, superlative most tree-hugging)
comparative more tree-hugging · superlative most tree-hugging
- derogatorySupporting of environment concerns such as combating pollution, deforestation, etc.
He could have developed his oil wells if it wasn't for those pesky tree-hugging hippies.
- literalTo wrap one's arms around the trunk of a tree, as in an embrace.
“They were hugely embarrassed to find out I was tree-hugging champion; it wasn’t exactly the ‘cool mum’ hat they wanted me to have. So I do feel slightly bad for their street cred.”
2024 October 9, Severin Carrell, “Teacher Hannah Willow crowned as Glasgow’s first tree-hugging champion”, in The Guardian
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tree-hugging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree-hugging
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“tree-hugging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree-hugging. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tree-hugging,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree-hugging.
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