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protuberant

[proh-too-ber-uhnt, -tyoo-, pruh-] / proʊˈtu bər ənt, -ˈtju-, prə- /
ADJECTIVE
bulging
Synonyms
Antonyms




ADJECTIVE
jutting
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK






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The bumps push out candy-striped and aproned gowns; they are exaggerated by belted waists, and one particularly protuberant tummy doubles as a perch for a parakeet.

From Slate Jul. 21, 2025

He wrote that Carl Yastrzemski, “like so many great hitters, has oddly protuberant eyes.”

From New York Times May 20, 2022

They’re absolute eye candy, the kind of bud that does it for the ’Gram — great pops of frilly color, their protuberant, pollen-gilded anthers sticking out like … well, exactly what they are.

From Washington Post Feb. 3, 2022

He has a long face and long, wavy brown hair parted at the crest; his chin is protuberant and cratered by a dimple the size of Chicxulub.

From The New Yorker Apr. 15, 2019

Scarlet and smooth-scaled, it has a fringe of golden spikes around its snub-snouted face and extremely protuberant eyes.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling




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