chubby
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Synonyms
blubbery, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, lardy, obese, overweight, plump, podgy [chiefly British], portly, pudgy, replete, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby
Antonyms
lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin
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No shame in any game, and Hemsworth has taken himself down some glorious notches: Marvel again at his chubby poignance in Avengers: Endgame, oddly and sweetly his most dramatic performance yet. International‘s too lame for that kind of iconoclasm. — Darren Franich, EW.com, "Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson reunite for eerily bland Men in Black: International: EW review," 12 June 2019 Needless to say, once Crew gets a bit older and his chubby cheeks aren't the center of photos anymore, I'll be devastated. — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, "Joanna Gaines Reveals There's a Sign-Up Sheet to Hold Baby Crew Gaines at Magnolia," 27 Mar. 2019 In second was the first photo of baby Miles (sweet chubby-cheeked muffin) and third was their ingenious Halloween costume: Chrissy as the Queen, and Legend as Prince Philip. — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, "John Legend's Top Nine on Instagram Is Full of "Love and Lactation"," 28 Dec. 2018 Yews clipped in the shape of chubby pagodas surround the performance space, adding an element of chinoiserie flair. — Melissa Biggs Bradley, House Beautiful, "William Christie on Reviving a 16th-Century French Estate," 1 Sep. 2013 In the West, Mr. Kim, 34, has often been caricatured as a chubby child toying with nuclear missiles. — New York Times, "Kim Jong-un’s Image Shift: From Nuclear Madman to Skillful Leader," 6 June 2018 This is back when @money23green was chubby as hell at Michigan State . — Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, "C.J. McCollum recalls how being cut from Team USA was 'blessing in disguise'," 4 July 2018 Her mom flips to a photo of a much, much younger girl — a chubby-cheeked, flat-chested child. — Anna Silman, The Cut, "The Tale and the Truth About 13-Year-Old Girls," 25 May 2018 Apparently, the pair decided to turn Travis' gig at Miami hot spot Story Nightclub into a bit of a break from their brand new parenting duties after the birth of their little, chubby-cheeked angel, Stormi Webster. — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, "Kylie Jenner Has a Mysterious Mark Under Her Eye and Tries To Hide Her Face While Leaving Hotel," 8 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'chubby.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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