Synonyms of dumpy

dumpy

adjective

ˈdəm-pē 

1

as in stout

being compact and broad in build and often short in stature

dumpy little toddlers growing into lanky children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stout
• plump
• stumpy
• stocky
• sturdy
• stubby
• squatty
• squat
• thick
• husky
• heavyset
• chunky
• thickset
• fat
• round
• heavy
• full
• bulky
• pudgy
• chubby
• beefy
• burly
• corpulent
• overweight
• rotund
• obese
• tubby
• brawny
• thickish
• gross
• paunchy
• soft
• fleshy
• potbellied
• flabby
• portly
• weighty
• roly-poly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• thin
• fragile
• slender
• frail
• skinny
• puny
• lean
• delicate
• slim
• spare
• angular
• bony
• gaunt
• lanky
• scrawny
• slight
• sinewy
• skeletal
• haggard
• wasted
• emaciated
• lank
• weedy
• rawboned
• wiry
• scraggy
• anorexic
• cadaverous
• spindly
• willowy
• waspish
• twiggy

2

as in dilapidated

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

we could only find rooms at a dumpy motel on the outskirts of the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dilapidated
• neglected
• scruffy
• shabby
• miserable
• desolate
• mangy
• seedy
• tatty
• tattered
• tired
• tumbledown
• abandoned
• tacky
• grungy
• scrubby
• ragged
• ratty
• sleazy
• down-at-the-heels
• beat-up
• gone to seed
• threadbare
• run-down
• timeworn
• ruined
• broken
• bombed-out
• dog-eared
• moth-eaten
• mean
• decrepit
• dingy
• tatterdemalion
• unkept
• damaged
• wrecked
• forlorn
• ramshackle
• bedraggled
• deteriorated
• destroyed
• rickety
• decaying
• broken-down
• godforsaken
• deteriorating
• worn-out
• rackety
• injured
• impaired
• hurt
• rattletrap
• harmed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• new
• fresh
• brand-new
• kept-up
• maintained
• reconstructed
• rebuilt
• patched
• spiffy
• smart
• mended
• cared-for
• spruce

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dumpy

The dumpy old Abe Stark Sports Center, the ice rink on the boardwalk between 19th and 20th Streets, is getting a major renovation as well. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Sep. 2025

Torry’s candidly dumpy, dingy, dated, wood panel lined courtroom allowed for the placement of contemporary art and the banging of nails into walls which would have been forbidden in one of the ornate ground floor courtrooms. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025

The Slip concerns sixteen-year-old Nathaniel Rothstein, a dumpy sad sack who, after getting into a fight at school, is sent to live with his uncle in Austin for the summer of 1998. — Lucas Schaefer june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025

At the start of the production, when Blanche arrives at her sister’s dumpy apartment, a lithe young man (Jabez Sykes) contorts himself in abstract choreography. — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025