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snug as a bug in a rug

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comfortable adj.
homey adj.
snug adj.

ADJECTIVE

comfortable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate complacent convenient cozy easy enjoyable happy healthy loose pleasant pleased relaxed satisfying serene snug soft useful warm

WEAK

adequate agreeable at rest cared for cheerful contented delightful enjoying gratified hale hearty loose-fitting made well protected relaxing relieved rested restful restored satisfactory sheltered soothed strengthened untroubled well-off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cold cool disagreeable dissatisfied hard strict troubled uncomfortable unfriendly unhappy unpleasant unsuited

WEAK

destitute discontented hopeless miserable needy neglected pitiable poor upset wretched

ADJECTIVE

homey

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comfortable comfy cozy delightful homelike hospitable inviting pleasant restful snug welcoming

STRONG

congenial folksy informal

WEAK

cheerful familiar simple

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inhospitable uncomfortable uninviting unpleasant unwelcoming

ADJECTIVE

snug

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comfortable comfy cushy neat tight

STRONG

close compact intimate trim

WEAK

convenient easeful easy homelike homely restful sheltered soft substantial well-off

Antonyms

STRONG

cool loose unfriendly

WEAK

cold uncomfortable uncozy

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snug as a bug in a rug

Yes, I may look like a nut inside my home, but I’m as snug as a bug in a rug.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023

As the saying goes, keep them snug as a bug in a rug.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

We'll get out bills, hire the hall, get a band and just fix you up as snug as a bug in a rug.

From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Paul Boyton

I was thus completely hid, as snug as a bug in a rug.

From Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by George H. Devol

Apropos of proverbial domestic entomology, is there more than lies on the surface in the elegant simile "As snug as a bug in a rug?"

From Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

snug as a bug in a rug

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