Antonyms for stout
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : stout |
| Phonetic Transcription : staÊŠt |
Definition of stout
Origin :- c.1300, "proud, valiant, strong," from Old French estout "brave, fierce, proud," earlier estolt "strong," from West Germanic *stult- "proud, stately" (cf. Middle Low German stolt "stately, proud," German stolz "proud, haughty, arrogant, stately"), from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)). Meaning "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from late 14c., but has been displaced by the (often euphemistic) meaning "thick-bodied, fat and large," which is first recorded 1804. Original sense preserved in stout-hearted (1550s).
- adj overweight
- adj strong, brawny
- adj courageous
- Among the passengers was a stout, good-looking man, a New York merchant.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Bates was a stout sailor, rough in appearance, but with a warm and kindly heart.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Where she had been stout thirteen years before, she was now frankly fat.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- All the enemy's vessels had regular quarters, and the ships were stout craft.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- As this was a stout rope, something must part, before we could be washed away.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- She did not expect to see a stout, middle-aged man, but a slim youth.
- Extract from : « The Yates Pride » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- Then spread it thick and even on a stout piece of smooth board.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- James Warren was a stout, thick-set man, about forty years of age.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- The stout lady's husband was awaiting her; he handed her, in silence, a telegram.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- "Truly, he is not so old nor so stout as thou art," said Robin.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
Synonyms for stout
- able-bodied
- athletic
- big
- bold
- brave
- bulky
- burly
- corpulent
- dauntless
- fat
- fearless
- fleshy
- gallant
- hard
- hardy
- heavy
- heroic
- hulking
- husky
- indomitable
- intrepid
- invincible
- lionhearted
- lusty
- muscular
- obese
- plenitudinous
- plucky
- plump
- porcine
- portly
- resolute
- robust
- rotund
- stable
- stalwart
- staunch
- strapping
- sturdy
- substantial
- tenacious
- thick-bodied
- tough
- tubby
- undaunted
- upholstered
- valiant
- valorous
- vigorous
- weighty
- zaftig
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