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
  • Case in point, the character of Bruiser Stone (Lana Parrilla), reimagined here as a buxom seductress with a heart of gold.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • His opera-singer aunt was the buxom blonde on The Three Stooges, and his sister, Christine—known as the Goddess of the Cello—was the first American musician to hold a concert in Castro’s Cuba.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Our silhouettes, with their small waists and voluptuous curves, embody strength and elegance.
    Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
  • While assisting her father, Ruysch learned to draw, in time developing a style that combined a taste for color—at once delicate and voluptuous—with a naturalist’s tactile curiosity.
    Cullen Murphy, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • Organic materials, earthy hues, and curvaceous furnishings add to the sense of calm and comfort within homes designed by Newport Beach’s Laura Brophy Interiors.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The visual language — sculptural forms, curvaceous walls, textured plaster and a refined palette of sage green, peach blush, ochre and deep rose — were chosen to create a warm environment.
    Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 28 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
  • 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
  • All of them follow this corpulent detective, Nero, who lives in a town house with his butler, Fritz.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
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
  • The rotund bomb is similar to the one used in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • 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

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“Zaftig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zaftig. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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