snug

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Warm and comfortable; cosy.
2. Satisfactory.
3. Close-fitting.
4. Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.

Noun

1. (British) A small, comfortable back room in a pub.
2. A lug.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make secure or snug.
2. To snuggle or nestle.
3. (transitive) To make smooth.

Sinonieme

comfortable

cozy

cosy

tight

close-fitting

close

easy

flush

taut

restful

intimate

informal

pleasant

cubby

cubbyhole

home-made

domestic

snuggery

familiar

convenient

homy

husky

in condition

kindly

narrow

navigable

neat

nestle

nice

pleased

pleasing

plump

relaxed

☺️

relieved

😌

reposeful

rigid

robust

rugged

safe

satisfactory

satisfied

😆

satisfying

seaworthy

secret

㊙️

secure

sheltered

short

skimpy

skintight

skin-tight

Vertalings

douillet

cómodo

behaglich

comodo

mollig

nauwsluitend

knus

acogedor

gemütlich

gezellig

αναπαυτικός

confortable

confortevole

ajustado

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/snʌɡ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Yslands: snöggur

Verwante met Deens: snög

Verwante met Sweeds: snygg

In summary

From dialectal English snug (“tight, handsome”), perhaps from Old Norse snøggr, from Proto-Germanic *snawwuz (“short, quick, fast”). Compare Icelandic snöggur (“smooth”), Danish snög (“neat”), Swedish snygg (“handsome, nice-looking”).