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Meaning of 'dumpy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dumpy [ superl.]
- Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.
- Sullen or discontented.

Meaning of 'dumpy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dumpy [ s]
Meaning (1):
- short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
Example in sentence:
  • a dumpy little dumpling of a woman;
  • a little church with a squat tower;
  • a squatty red smokestack;
  • a stumpy ungainly figure;
  • dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears;
  • some people seem born to be square and chunky

Nearby Words:

dumal dumb dumb-bell dumb-waiter dumbledor dumbly dumbness dumetose dumfound dumfounded

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