Antonyms for caress
kəˈrɛsca·ress

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 5 votes

1. caressverb

   Antonyms:
   poke, hit, stab, strike

   Synonyms:
   soothe, hold, stroke, kiss

2. caressverb

   An act or expression of affection; Endearment.

   She loves being caressed by her boyfriend.

   Antonyms:
   hit, stab, strike, poke

   Synonyms:
   kiss, hold, soothe, stroke

3. caressverb

   A gentle stroking or rubbing.

   Antonyms:
   hit, poke, stab, strike

   Synonyms:
   stroke, soothe, hold, kiss

4. caressverb

   To affect as if with a caress.

   Synonyms:
   soothe, hold, stroke, kiss

   Antonyms:
   poke, hit, strike, stab

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. caress

   To caress is less than to embrace; more dignified and less familiar than to fondle. A visitor caresses a friend's child; a mother fondles her babe. Fondling is always by touch; caressing may be also by words, or other tender and pleasing attentions.

   See synonyms for AFFRONT.

   Synonyms:
   coddle, court, embrace, flatter, fondle, kiss, pamper, pet

   Preposition:
   Caressed by or with the hand; caressed by admirers, at court.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. caressnoun

   Antonyms:
   vexation, irritation, annoyance, teasing, persecution, provocation

   Synonyms:
   endearment, blandishment, wheedling, fondling, stroking

Matched Categories

1. • Stroke

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:3.3 / 4 votes

1. caressverb

   a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)

   "he showered her with caresses"; "soft music was a fond caress"; "the caresses of the breeze played over his face"

2. caress, fondleverb

   touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner

   "He caressed her face"; "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi"

   Synonyms:
   fondle

How to use caress in a sentence?

1. Jimmy Dickens:

   May the bird of paradise fly up your nose; May an elephant caress you with its toes; May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose; May the bird of paradise fly up your nose.

2. Alice Walker:

   Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short of urge to plead Then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart Or greater than a star; Tame wild disappointment With caress unmoved and cold Make of it a parka For your soul. Discover the reason why So tiny human midget Exists at all So scared unwise But expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise.

3. Stuti Garg:

   Sometimes we want to get away from the busy and hectic city life to find solace in the raging waves of the ocean pounding on the rocks or the turbulent splashing of a bubbling waterfall. At other times we are amazed by the immovable silence of a mountain or the gentle caress of a river overjoyed tat its union with the sea. The topography of a region speaks to each one of us--a secret language that people from all facets of life understand and relate to.

4. Laurence Hope:

   For this is Wisdom to love, to live To take what fate, or the Gods may give. To ask no question, to make no prayer, To kiss the lips and caress the hair, Speed passion's ebb as you greet its flow To have, - to hold - and - in time, - let go

5. André Gide:

   Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.

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