stumpy

stumpy

adj \ˈstəm-pē\

stump·i·erstump·i·est

Definition of STUMPY

1

: short and thick : stubby

2

: full of stumps

Examples of STUMPY

1. <stumpy penguins become agile swimmers the moment they hit the water>

First Known Use of STUMPY

1600

Related to STUMPY

Synonyms: chunky, dumpy, heavyset, squat, squatty, stout, stubby, stocky, 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

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Rhymes with STUMPY

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