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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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Lu, who has protuberant light brown eyes, small black ears and a floppy tongue, loves to snuggle with her four-legged foster siblings and stretch out in the sun, according to the contest website.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

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

His face was swollen, his skin bluish-black and his eyes protuberant, suggesting great pressure on his brain, Dr. McClelland told the Warren Commission in 1964 during its investigation of the assassination.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2019

His forehead and protuberant white eyeballs were soon glistening nervously again.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller


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