paunchier; paunchiest
: having a potbelly
paunchiness
noun
paunch·i·ness
-chēnə̇s
plural -es
: the quality or state of being paunchy
in cattle it depends upon the condition, paunchiness, type, and quality—
F. B. Hadley
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Adjective
not surprisingly, the new Hollywood biopic casts a young, athletically trim actor in the role of the paunchy, balding artist
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Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
There isn’t much room in this palette for public pools or paunchy, suburban retirees.
—Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Harbor's enjoyably over-the-top Red Guardian continues to be a paunchy steal-stealer, Pullman scores a nice MCU debut as a complex mystery man, and Louis-Dreyfus reigns as a deliciously snarky antagonist.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
From the faded velvet booths, Instagram-happy tourists sidle up against paunchy men wearing trousers the same hue as their salmon terrine.
—airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
In Arthur Penn’s 1975 neo-noir Night Moves, Griffith is Delly Grastner, a 16-year-old runaway with a little girl’s voice and a grown woman’s body—on full display in an underwater nude scene—intent on seducing Gene Hackman, 43 and paunchy.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
There isn’t much room in this palette for public pools or paunchy, suburban retirees.
—Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Harbor's enjoyably over-the-top Red Guardian continues to be a paunchy steal-stealer, Pullman scores a nice MCU debut as a complex mystery man, and Louis-Dreyfus reigns as a deliciously snarky antagonist.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
From the faded velvet booths, Instagram-happy tourists sidle up against paunchy men wearing trousers the same hue as their salmon terrine.
—airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Paunchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paunchy. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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