Thesaurus / dumpy
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I find it hard to put myself in the head of a non-book-reader for this, but so far it’s a bit lore-dumpy, and too many of the characters have yet to come into focus.
ANDREW AND LEE DISSECT THE WHEEL OF TIME’S TELEVISION PREMIEREANDREW CUNNINGHAMNOVEMBER 19, 2021ARS TECHNICABehold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDWith his dumpy figure in the long coat, and his round face under the tall hat, the little man was irresistible.
THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLSHAROLD BELL WRIGHT"'Tis a matter of taste, but I couldn't fancy corpses as furniture," observed the Dumpy Philosopher.
A DRAKE BY GEORGE!JOHN TREVENAThe chain kinked time and again as he groped with the undermost hand for the openings; his dumpy, pudgy form writhed grotesquely.
THE ESCAPE OF MR. TRIMMIRVIN S. COBBA dumpy, rosy-faced woman was Mrs Jeal, with a pair of extremely wicked black eyes which snapped fire when she was angered.
THE PAGAN'S CUPFERGUS HUMEIn a few seconds I was up with him, and stuck my spear right through his dumpy body.
THE CORAL ISLANDR.M. BALLANTYNEBesides, she had a kindly disposition, and did not turn up a haughty nose at Aunt Cretes dumpy little figure.
AUNT CRETE'S EMANCIPATIONGRACE LIVINGSTON HILLThis same fashion arrays the dumpy young ladies of Germany in a most strange deformity of inflated petticoats.
THE LIFE OF THE MOSELLEOCTAVIUS ROOKEA dumpy little maiden with long earrings met them at the doorway, dropped them a courtesy, and passed out.
HANS BRINKERMARY MAPES DODGEWORDS RELATED TO DUMPY
- beefy
- big
- blimp
- bovine
- brawny
- broad
- bulging
- bulky
- bull
- burly
- butterball
- chunky
- corpulent
- distended
- dumpy
- elephantine
- fleshy
- gargantuan
- gross
- heavy
- heavyset
- hefty
- husky
- inflated
- jelly-belly
- lard
- large
- meaty
- obese
- oversize
- paunchy
- plump
- plumpish
- ponderous
- porcine
- portly
- potbellied
- pudgy
- roly-poly
- rotund
- solid
- stout
- swollen
- thickset
- weighty
- well-fed
- whalelike
- beefy
- big
- blimp
- bovine
- brawny
- broad
- bulging
- bulky
- bull
- burly
- butterball
- chunky
- corpulent
- distended
- dumpy
- elephantine
- fleshy
- gargantuan
- gross
- heavy
- heavyset
- hefty
- husky
- inflated
- jelly-belly
- lard
- large
- meaty
- obese
- oversize
- paunchy
- plump
- plumpish
- ponderous
- porcine
- portly
- potbellied
- pudgy
- roly-poly
- rotund
- solid
- stout
- swollen
- thickset
- weighty
- whalelike
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