physical appearance

noun

: the way one looks
He's very proud of his physical appearance.

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This summer, after initially targeting Punch, the president of SZA’s label TDE, Minaj dissed SZA herself on X, mocking her physical appearance, questioning her level of success, and accusing her of manipulating charts with her release of Lana, the deluxe version of 2022’s SOS. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025 Burke, meanwhile, is no stranger to hurtful comments about her physical appearance. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025 Bieber responded by covering the bulge with a blanket, then sharing that people had, in fact, called her trans while trying to insult her physical appearance. Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 27 Oct. 2025 Was physical appearance something that was on your mind coming into a show called Love Is Blind? Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for physical appearance

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“Physical appearance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physical%20appearance. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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