gropes
Feels without seeing
Gropes is the verb grope in the third person singular.
To grope is to feel about blindly or uncertainly with the hands: She groped for the light switch in the dark.
Figuratively, to grope for words or answers is to search uncertainly.
Grope also means to touch someone sexually without consent, making gropes a noun for such incidents: The allegations included gropes and unwanted kisses.
Touch lovingly
- molestAssault or bother harmfully
- pawAnimal's clawed foot
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- grabSeize abruptly
harass · assault · violate · accost · maul · feel up · manhandle · unwanted
Handle with clumsy fingers
- stumbleLose footing momentarily
- clumsilyIn an uncoordinated manner
- awkwardlyIn a clumsy manner
- blindlyWithout seeing or considering
uncertainly · tentatively · grasping · clutching · pawing · flailing · reaching · feeling around
search
Act of seeking
seek · fish · rummage · root around · pat down · feel around · hunt · scrabble · reach · dig
fondle
Touch lovingly
grab · harass · assault · violate · accost · maul · feel up · manhandle · unwanted · inappropriate
fumble
Handle with clumsy fingers
blindly · uncertainly · tentatively · grasping · clutching · pawing · flailing · reaching · feeling around · in the dark