felt up

verb

past tense of feel up
as in pawed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for felt up
  1. nuzzled
  2. snuggled
  3. cuddled
  4. caressed
  5. nestled
  6. enfolded
  7. hugged
Verb
  • The actress nuzzled up next to her husband at the 2017 premiere of Colossal.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
  • Lopez nuzzled her face into Emme's as the pair smiled while seated at a dining table.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Definition of nuzzled
Verb
  • Late in her pregnancy with Caiden, Lochte went alone to a friend’s wedding — and soon her phone was lighting up with photos of him snuggled up to another woman.
    — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Across Colorado and beyond, a new wave of offbeat adventures is answering that call — from sleeping in treetops and caves to hiking alongside llamas and rolling your bed out under the night sky for al fresco stargazing snuggled under the covers.
    — Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
Definition of snuggled
Verb
  • In the snap, Murray sat with an arm wrapped around one of his daughters, who sat on his lap and cuddled into him.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
  • In another photo, Osbourne cuddled her 3-year-old son, Sidney, while aboard a boat.
    — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of cuddled
Verb
  • Kikuko cried out as her father’s hand slowly caressed her chest.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Slater caressed Miller’s stomach before Tao ran over to touch his mom’s bump with his hands covered in sand.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
Definition of caressed
Verb
  • For more than 300 years, people have settled around the soaring marble shrine of the Sufi saint known as Bari Imam, nestled at the foothills of the Himalayas.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, they and their family can be found in their own cottage, nestled in a secluded spot on the 5,000-acre estate.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of nestled
Verb
  • Where the Eleousa pressed mother and child cheek to cheek and Cassatt enfolded mothers around their infants, de Monteflores goes further, disappearing the mother’s face entirely behind her child’s.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • But the idea of a single galaxy’s stars being enfolded into the Milky Way is intriguing and worthy of further study, Battersby said.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 May 2026
Definition of enfolded
Verb
  • At 78 inches long, the frame fits a twin size mattress that is hugged by a frame that works as a headboard.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Tolle, instead of simply tagging Canzone, hugged him for the out.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of hugged
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“Felt up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/felt%20up. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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