as in plump
having an excess of body fat
the short and pudgy toddler had transformed into a tall, strapping teenager
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Recent Examples of pudgy
Its rounded edges and pudgy bun feet feel playful, but still sophisticated—like something that would elevate a child’s nursery or supply extra seating in a living room with a casually elegant aesthetic.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
Center Grove coach Zachary Hahn recalled first meeting him as a pudgy eighth grader.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2025
José Ramírez marched to the mound, stood beside Slider — Cleveland’s fuchsia, furry, pudgy, unspecified alien-bear-thing (bird?) — and waved a massive, red flag with white script letters that read: AL Central champions.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
There’s a lot of hype around the reveal of the contestants, which are the pudgiest bears in the park.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
Center Grove coach Zachary Hahn recalled first meeting him as a pudgy eighth grader.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2025
José Ramírez marched to the mound, stood beside Slider — Cleveland’s fuchsia, furry, pudgy, unspecified alien-bear-thing (bird?) — and waved a massive, red flag with white script letters that read: AL Central champions.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
There’s a lot of hype around the reveal of the contestants, which are the pudgiest bears in the park.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pudgy
Adjective
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Look for firm, plump blueberries with smooth skin.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
6 June 2026
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At Pan Asian restaurant Oriental, the lobster comes to the beachside tables looking like plump scoops of ice cream, and is best ordered alongside the black pepper wagyu beef.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Made with the unctuous 8-percent-fat milk of the water buffalo—animals that may have arrived in the area via the Normans by way of Sicily, or perhaps by the Goths coming from Central Asia—buffalo mozzarella has been produced at least since the twelfth century.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The review found no evidence that each cycle of weight loss and regain strips progressively more muscle than fat.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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After gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the country had tried and failed to make FIFA’s global jamboree on seven occasions, three times coming within one match (or round) of a place in the tournament.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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The train departs from the Santa Fe Depot and traces the Arkansas River on a 24-mile round-trip journey through granite cliffs, some of which stretch more than 1,000 feet above the tracks.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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In 2015, a chubby green parrot named Jane made history.—
Robert Gebelhoff,
Washington Post,
9 June 2026
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Miffy has pointy ears, chubby cheeks and wears an orange dress.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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“Pudgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pudgy. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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