dumpy

dumpy

adjective \ˈdəm-pē\

dump·i·erdump·i·est

Definition of DUMPY

1

: being short and thick in build : squat

2

: shabby, dingy

— dump·i·ly \-pə-lē\ adverb

— dump·i·ness \-pē-nəs\ noun

Examples of DUMPY

1. a dumpy guy in his forties
2. <dumpy little men trying to look like tough guys>

Origin of DUMPY

English dialect dump lump

First Known Use: 1750

Related to DUMPY

Synonyms

chunky, stocky, heavyset, squat, squatty, stout, stubby, stumpy, thickset

Related Words

beefy, brawny, bulky, burly, husky, sturdy, thick, thickish, weighty; chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, heavy, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby; paunchy, potbellied; flabby, soft

Near Antonyms

delicate, fragile, frail, puny; lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin; angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy; scraggy, scrawny, slight; anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, skeletal, wasted; spindly, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy, wiry

Rhymes with DUMPY

bumpy, clumpy, frumpy, grumpy, humpy, jumpy, lumpy, stumpy