paunchy

paunchy

adj \ˈpȯn-chē, ˈpän-\

paunch·i·erpaunch·i·est

Definition of PAUNCHY

: having a potbelly

— paunch·i·ness noun

Examples of PAUNCHY

1. <not surprisingly, the new Hollywood biopic casts a young, athetically trim actor in the role of the paunchy, balding artist>

First Known Use of PAUNCHY

1598

Related to PAUNCHY

Synonyms: beer-bellied, potbellied

Related Words: chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, obese, overweight, plump, podgy [chiefly British], portly, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby; flabby, soft

Near Antonyms: chiseled (or chiselled), cut; lean, lithe, skinny, slender, slim, spare, svelte, sylphlike

[+]more[-]hide

Rhymes with PAUNCHY

raunchy