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fleshiness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fleshiness

1 the condition of having an excess of body fat
  • the fleshiness of the foreign tourists was in sharp contrast to the gauntness of the native Africans
Synonyms of fleshiness

adiposity, chubbiness, corpulence, corpulency, embonpoint, fat, fatness, fattiness, grossness, obesity, plumpness, portliness, pudginess, pursiness, rotundity, weight
Words Related to fleshiness

bulkiness, heaviness

huskiness, stoutness

brawniness, burliness

endomorphy
Near Antonyms of fleshiness

fitness, trimness

gauntness, scrawniness, skinniness, weediness
Antonyms of fleshiness

leanness, reediness, slenderness, slimness, svelteness, thinness
2 the quality or state of being full of juice
  • loves the fleshiness of ripe watermelon
Synonyms of fleshiness

juiciness, pulpiness, succulence
Words Related to fleshiness

sap, sappiness
Near Antonyms of fleshiness

dryness, waterlessness

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  1. Britannica English: Translation of fleshiness for Arabic speakers

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