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Antonyms for paunchy
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : pawn-chee, pahn- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɔn tʃi, ˈpɑn- |
Definition of paunchy
Origin :- 1590s, from paunch + -y (2). Related: Paunchiness.
- As in obese : adj very overweight
- As in fat : adj overweight
- Should a paunchy waddler of this sort wreck at once his pride and his car?
- Extract from : « An Idyll of All Fools' Day » by Josephine Daskam Bacon
- "Most unfortunate," sighed heavy-set, paunchy Martin Gest, gnawing his lip.
- Extract from : « Mask of Death » by Paul Ernst
- McKee was bald, paunchy, middle-aged, his face loose from easy living.
- Extract from : « Before Egypt » by E. K. Jarvis
- His face was rather fat and roundish; his build powerful but paunchy.
- Extract from : « Here and Hereafter » by Barry Pain
- "How are you, Paunchy Pilate," said I, gettin' off a joak at his expense.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 » by Various
- A style like this resembles a paunchy man who can be relied on not to pick the daisies.
- Extract from : « George Borrow » by Edward Thomas
- He is an undersized, paunchy East German, with hair the color of wet hay, and an extremely pallid complexion.
- Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken
- In a land berth, growing fat and paunchy, and eating his heart out for the sea, or—— The sea got him one way or another!
- Extract from : « Love Stories » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The reporter, a paunchy, balding man, scribbled furiously in his notebook.
- Extract from : « The Holes and John Smith » by Edward W. Ludwig
- Timothy Sweeny had come down from his shop and stood in the background, a paunchy, flabby figure of a man, with keen beady eyes.
- Extract from : « Priscilla's Spies » by George A. Birmingham
Synonyms for paunchy
- adipose
- avoirdupois
- beefy
- big
- blimp
- bovine
- brawny
- broad
- bulging
- bulky
- bull
- burly
- butterball
- chunky
- corpulent
- distended
- dumpy
- elephantine
- fat
- fleshy
- gargantuan
- gross
- heavy
- heavyset
- hefty
- husky
- inflated
- jelly-belly
- lard
- large
- meaty
- obese
- outsize
- oversize
- paunchy
- plump
- plumpish
- ponderous
- porcine
- portly
- potbellied
- pudgy
- roly-poly
- rotund
- solid
- stout
- swollen
- thickset
- weighty
- whalelike
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