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Recent Examples of zaftig
While dashing through the food hall at River Street Marketplace in San Juan Capistrano, on my way to the train station, a stack of these exceptionally zaftig cookies stopped me dead in my tracks.
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Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Cena, who once filmed Trainwreck pretending to be a closeted bodybuilder desperate for zaftig comedian Amy Schumer’s affection, understands that the joke’s on him better than anyone.
—Oliver Bateman, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025
Need a zaftig character actor with a sweet smile and a can-do attitude?
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2024
Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Cena, who once filmed Trainwreck pretending to be a closeted bodybuilder desperate for zaftig comedian Amy Schumer’s affection, understands that the joke’s on him better than anyone.
—Oliver Bateman, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025
Need a zaftig character actor with a sweet smile and a can-do attitude?
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zaftig
Adjective
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According to myth, the buxom bowl of the Champagne coupe was modeled after the breasts of Marie Antoinette.—
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
Robb Report,
4 Jan. 2026
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Get these two buxom blondes on a road trip.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
24 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The era of the boxy, clean silhouette is giving way to voluptuous, biomorphic, curved pieces that aren't afraid of a little embellishment.—
Sophie Aliece Hollis,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
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The engine’s power is delivered as a seamless, voluptuous stream of thrust that plays eerily well with the eight-speed dual-clutch transmission.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The shapely 24-year-old advertising saleswoman wore a black swimsuit with a white Playboy bunny across the front.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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Regular Janes posted their amateurish snapshots, showcasing lean yet shapely physiques attained through weight training, minimal to no cardio, and a caloric intake generous enough to make Marie Claire vomit.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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The suites and villas There are 99 suites, of which 48 are pool villas set into the hills with further rooms located on top of the curvaceous main hotel building.—
Jemima Sissons,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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This curvaceous design is distinguished by its circular base, which brings in ash hardwood to enable a smooth 360-degree seat turn.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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During Valentine's Day, jelly beans take on the shape of cute, chubby hearts.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
21 Jan. 2026
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In Victorious Cupid, Caravaggio demolished Renaissance ideals of the chubby, celestial putto by depicting a young god with the body of an Adonis and the face and feet of a cheeky street urchin.—
Tobias Grey,
Air Mail,
27 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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On the other side, the Reverend Al Sharpton, a corpulent, demagogic presence, took up the victims’ cause, and was seen by some as a radical, and by almost everyone as an opportunist.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Their former owner must have been a tall, corpulent man; otherwise there was no explaining the difference between the wearer and the worn.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The fat Ganesha with his elephant head and pudgy man body.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Fast forward to today, and, somehow, the tremendously rotund AMG GT rips down twisty roads with nearly as much athleticism as fare weighing 2,000-or-more pounds less.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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This movie re-creates the makeover montage, replete with the prosthetics and the gay brother, as well as the party scene wherein the protagonist must appear as both themselves and their rotund elderly character.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Zaftig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zaftig. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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