dumpy

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dump·y /ˈdʌmpi/ adjectiveadj

FATsomeone who is dumpy is fat, short, and unattractive 矮胖的

a dumpy little man

矮胖的小个子男人

► see thesaurus at short

Examples from the Corpus

dumpy• I think this skirt makes me look dumpy.• George had a wife, Martha, who was dumpy and plain.• The little dumpy girl was one of two serving.• In his youth, William had been a dumpy little boy who ate too many sweets.• Now it was just a dumpy little building.• At Champney Crucis Kate directed the driver up a lane beside the dumpy little church.• Kitty, her heroine, is dumpy, spotty, pallid and downtrodden.• She was a small, dumpy woman, nothing like her only child in either looks or personality.• Clara was a plain, dumpy woman, several years older than her husband.

Origin dumpy

(1700-1800) dump “small shapeless piece” ((18-19 centuries))

dump·y adjectiveadj

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