caressed

VERB

touch lovingly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clutch cuddle fondle graze kiss massage nuzzle pat rub

STRONG

brush buss clinch coddle cosset dandle embrace feel handle hug mug neck nestle pet squeeze stroke toy

WEAK

bear hug make love play around

Antonyms

STRONG

disbelieve let go release

Example Sentences

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Caressed by golden hues in the sunny flashbacks, appearing wan and frail in some of Emily’s darker moments, Mara proves worthy of Soderbergh’s closeup attention.

From Time • Feb. 8, 2013

My name is Rover; yonder house Was once my home for many a year; My master loved me; every hand Caressed young Rover, far and near.

From Voices for the Speechless by Firth, Abraham

And so I laughed my life away from year to year While the spring breezes and the autumn moon Caressed my careless head.

From A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China by Cranmer-Byng, L. (Launcelot)

Soft breezes blow and swiftly show Through fragrant orange branches parted, A maiden fair, with sun-flecked hair, Caressed by arrows, golden darted.

From Violets and Other Tales by Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore

These happy seas Caressed the golden argosies Of forty-nine.

From The California Birthday Book by Various