body-hugging

English

Adjective

body-hugging (comparative more body-hugging, superlative most body-hugging)

1. (of clothing) Clinging tightly to one's body.
   • 2009 October 9, Peter Walker, The Guardian:

     You might think you look great in the full, body-hugging Lycra gimp suit, but chances are your girlfriend disagrees – according to the poll only 7% of the women asked found it a good look.

   • 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 12:

     I headed east toward Broadway and then down again, bobbing along the rushing river of shoppers, past windows behind which mannequins stood silently, posed in body-hugging T-shirts—“Hottie,” “Fabulous,” “Sexy,” written across the bust.

Synonyms

• skintight, figure-hugging; see also Thesaurus:close-fitting

Translations

clinging tightly to one's body

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 緊身 / 紧身 (zh) (jǐnshēn)

• Finnish: vartalonmyötäinen (fi)
• French: moulant (fr)
• Russian: обтя́гивающий (ru) (obtjágivajuščij)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can