plumpish

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plumpish
Adjective
  • One where the entire community would gather to stare blankly at price tags, sit on bulky massage chairs, and sample glossy pieces of teriyaki chicken in a grand dining hall.
    Annabelle Canela, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The boxy fit will easily layer without feeling too bulky, and the front is fitted with functional pockets for my phone, headphones, and even some extra snacks.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Pale, skinny women in punkish black mingled comfortably with beefy men in rugged work clothes.
    Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Each of the new classrooms maintains the roof heights of the earlier structures, and the configuration of the windows is identical, although the new units are a bit beefier to include energy-efficient double glazing with thermal breaks that the originals lacked.
    Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • At the top of that list is a hyaluronic acid serum that traps moisture and leaves my skin noticeably plump and dewy.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Fall is the prime time for planting garlic to grow your own large, plump cloves.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • However, Schwarber looks like a player right out of the old school with his stocky build.
    John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • During the poker game, Bowyer and one of his friends, a stocky guy named Michael Greenberg who had been a fixture at those long-ago high school poker games, began talking to a man seated at the card table.
    DAVID AMSDEN, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The Botero Museum, celebrating the Colombian artist known for his signature paintings of chubby people and parrots, is not to be missed and is free.
    Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The younger Hill was a sensitive and proudly chubby tween boy—not good at fighting or football, but handy with a sewing machine and a master of prop comedy.
    Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • JPMorgan reiterates Nvidia as overweight JPMorgan said the stock remains well positioned in AI.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The problem that Let’s Move meant to solve—approximately one in three children was overweight or obese—was serious, but the vibe was cool-mom fun.
    Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • These include pudgy realtor and aspiring petting-zoo owner Dawn (Danielle Brooks) and Henry’s blowsy school vice principal (Jennifer Coolidge), who falls in love with one of the Overworld’s unibrow villagers who enters the real-world dimension.
    Armond White, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025
  • In the first image in the carousel, the back of Bieber’s head obscures the toddler’s face, though Jack’s pudgy hand can be seen grabbing a hold of his dad’s ear.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Above the fog line, more hours of sun and brilliant luminosity bring distinctive structure to the Pinot Noir and a voluminous, fleshy texture to the Chardonnay.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Plants produce a large, fleshy underground storage organ (the bulb) that, at the appropriate time of year, and in response to a certain set of environmental conditions, sends out a spray of strap-like leaves and one or more stalks that end in one or more flowers.
    Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Plumpish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plumpish. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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