as in athletic
strongly and heavily built
the shot put, hammer throw, and other field events for which mesomorphic athletes are well-suited
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Recent Examples of mesomorphic
For a mesomorphic body, rather than an endomorphic one like his.
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Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
This body type is also known as a mesomorphic body shape.
—Cari Shane, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2022
Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
This body type is also known as a mesomorphic body shape.
—Cari Shane, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesomorphic
Adjective
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Only a rare player as big and athletic as Rogers could’ve made such a ridiculous play.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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To be where Tech means its president, its board, athletic department and a few major boosters are all coordinated, and agree with the other.—
Mac Engel
November 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Nov. 2025
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Northrop revealed that measuring smaller than a business card, the EW system was not only the smallest at the event but also the most capable, packing powerful performance into an unprecedented form factor.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Athena, who was born in April, is a shepsky mix, half husky and half German shepherd.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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One of Lipa’s most significant attributes is the husky tone of her mezzo-soprano, lending a gritty roughness to her songs’ pop polish.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Democrats are currently so desperate for strong male role models to promote as candidates that they’re all tangled up over whether a burly Maine oysterman’s Nazi-symbol tattoo is defensible.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
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Folks are having fun watching big, burly NFL players yell, grab at each other in fright and use the light from their cell phones as beacons in the dark.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Some research suggests our beefier bodies are due to larger portion sizes, too much sugar, too little activity and, more recently, ultraprocessed foods.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Beer adds a richness to complement the beefy flavor.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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On home turf, against a struggling Fulham side, this was a more muscular Everton.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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This summer, Vinay Prasad, a top scientist at the Food and Drug Administration, was working to place a regulatory hold on a muscular-dystrophy drug, owing to safety concerns.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The actor Nicholas Christopher—brawny, bald, with a perpetually cocked eyebrow that brings to mind Yul Brynner—strode through the aisles of Tashkent Supermarket in Brighton Beach one afternoon.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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For example, the V3 Ship's propulsion system has been overhauled to accommodate Raptor 3, a new, brawnier version of the engine that powers both of Starship's stages.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Mesomorphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mesomorphic. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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