Thesaurus / caress
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synonyms for caress
- fondle
- nuzzle
- pat
- rub
- clutch
- graze
- cuddle
- kiss
- massage
- toy
- handle
- neck
- mug
- pet
- buss
- clinch
- cosset
- dandle
- feel
- stroke
- hug
- embrace
- brush
- coddle
- squeeze
- nestle
- bear hug
- make love
- play around
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There is not a moment in the day that goes by when I don’t think about you or remember those caresses that are no longer mine.
LOCKED UP IN THE LAND OF LIBERTY: PART IIMICHAEL K. LAVERSJULY 14, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEThe action was at first a little confusing to Edna, but she soon lent herself readily to the Creole's gentle caress.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINEach word was a caress, each syllable alive with interest, sympathy, excited anticipation.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODHe did not caress it; she once heard him sighing over it; and he never announced it in the newspapers.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODHe kissed her with a degree of passion which had not before entered into his caress, and strained her to him.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINAnd yet he heard songs that sounded like a caress and his whole being was permeated by a sense of delicious freshness.
HONEY-BEEANATOLE FRANCEThey glide across my face with tender, soft caress, and I feel something melt within me.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANFor a moment the girl suffered the caress; almost she seemed to nestle closer to the Dowager's shoulder.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIHer arms were held out, and Harry threw himself upon her, but when he rose from her caress, Norman and Tom were gone.
THE DAISY CHAINCHARLOTTE YONGEShe suffered her lover to draw her to himself, and their lips met in a long, passionate caress that blotted out all the past.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUXWORDS RELATED TO CARESS
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.