Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

huggable

/ˈhʌɡ.ə.bəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: hug-gable
IPA: /ˈhʌɡ.ə.bəl/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of, or suitable for, being hugged.

Example Sentences

"How high? Real high 'cause I'm just so fly / A young lovable, huggable type of guy"
"Claud was glad to oblige, since Gabbie is an extremely huggable girl."
"Moreover, this need often manifests itself in the young child's selection of a cuddly or huggable doll or stuffed animal, called a transitional object by child psychologists."
"He was exactly how she remembered him. Where Tyrell was cuddly and huggable, Mohammad was hard and sinewy."

Etymology

Etymology tree English hug Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English huggable From hug + -able.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhʌɡ.ə.bəl/
British English: /ˈhʌɡ.ə.bəl/

Inflected Forms

more huggable (comparative) most huggable (superlative) hugable (alternative)

Derived Forms

huggability huggableness huggably unhuggable

Frequently Paired Words

hug

Synonyms

cuddly

Questions

How do you pronounce huggable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhʌɡ.ə.bəl/.
What does huggable mean?: Capable of, or suitable for, being hugged.
Where does huggable come from?: Etymology tree English hug Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English huggable From hug + -able.

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