zaftig

variants also zoftig

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Recent Examples of zaftig 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
  • Without prior knowledge to Fatal Fury’s roster or storyline, many of the characters can seem somewhat stock — there’s a couple of tough guys with various fighting styles and cool jackets, and some cartoonishly buxom female fighters peppered in for some old school gooner bait.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The buxom installation was executive produced by Amy Kule of Merry Wonderer, who previously spent 20 years leading the production of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Fourth of July Fireworks, and the department store’s Herald Square Flower Show before launching her own creative agency.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Subsequent excavations at the site have unearthed voluptuous female figurines, prompting researchers to speculate that Catalhoyuk’s Neolithic inhabitants worshipped a fertility deity known as the Mother Goddess.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
  • Due to her voluptuous figure and her rising status as a publicity magnet, Twentieth Century Fox signed Mansfield to a contract with the hopes of turning her into the next Marilyn Monroe.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • The 11 Best Headboards of 2024 for Every Bedroom Style In the primary bath, matching the Roman shade fabric to the wallpaper creates a continuous flow that emphasizes the voluminous feeling; the octagonal side table provides shapely interest.
    Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • The undeniable stars are the curvaceous treehouses inspired by the endangered pangolins—the unusual, organic shape sets it apart from the typical tropical villa vernacular.
    Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • Expect curvaceous shirts, smartly cut trousers and jackets with collars tweaked just so where the real novelty can’t be seen with the naked eye.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • His friends described him as chubby, awkward and quick-witted to the Statesman.
    Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2025
  • With her chubby cheeks and gummy smile, the stylish infant even clutched a mini LV handbag in her tiny hand.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • In Brazil, she is represented by an image of a white, skinny woman, while in Africa her image shows a corpulent woman with big milking breasts.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The corpulent clouds in Delaunay’s Tour Rouge (1911–12), for instance, bear no closer equivalents than those painted by Fernand Léger during the same years, visible across the Guggenheim’s atrium in a rendering of Parisian rooftops.
    Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
  • Another soldier, pudgy and silent, filmed us with his phone, and the Italian activists filmed him in turn.
    Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Never a perfect circle, but dependably rotund, the doughnuts are large enough to tear at greedily and still last the entire drive home.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The toy, named Psyduck—intended for humans—is a rotund duck-like creature prone to splitting headaches.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023

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“Zaftig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zaftig. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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