smoochy

Overly publicly affectionate

Smoochy describes something characterized by kissing or romantic affection, often in a way that's excessively sweet or demonstrative: They were getting all smoochy on the dance floor.

The word carries a playful, sometimes teasing tone—used to describe couples being openly affectionate or music suited to slow dancing and nuzzling: a smoochy ballad.

affectionate

cuddly

Pleasantly huggable

canoodling · cozy · tender · doting · adoring · sweet · fond · warm · clingy · touchy-feely

kissing

peck

Dry measure or quick kiss

  • lip-lockProlonged romantic kiss
  • snogKiss passionately, informally
  • mwahVocalized kiss sound

smack · pucker · Eskimo-kiss · buss · nuzzle · smacker · necking · kissable · puckered

romantic

candlelit

Lit by wax flames

passionate · intimate · honeyed · enamored · swooning · serenading · courting · valentine · whispered · moonlit

sentimental

mushy

Soft or saccharine

  • sappyExcessively sentimental
  • schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
  • gushyExcessively emotional

saccharine · soppy · corny · cheesy · sugary · treacly · maudlin · oversweet · cloying · syrupy

Opposites
physical affection display

smoochystandoffish

Unfriendly in manner

hands-off · unaffectionate · undemonstrative · cold · restrained

emotional reserve

smoochyreserved

Restrained in manner

cold · aloof · frigid · frosty · distant

emotional expressiveness

smoochyreserved

Restrained in manner

restrained · undemonstrative · inhibited · buttoned-up · stoic

Family

smooch, smooching, smooches, smooched, smoocher, smoochers, smoochiest

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G