chesty
- adjective
- /ˈʧɛsti/
- She wears her hot-pink halter top with the chesty aplomb of someone who has nothing to hide.
Examples
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Between them, cradling a double armload of p25 books, was a chesty woman in jeans with a face as warm and open as Amesley's.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Welcome!" said a short, chesty woman in a pink kimono who came at us with Styrofoam cups of punch.
Fiction book (1998) -
Patients describe their cough in a variety of ways, such as dry, chesty, phlegmy, occasional, or persistent.
Academic text (2011) -
Under the headline "G.I. JANE," a photo shows a chesty sailor running the obstacle course.
Fiction book (1997) -
The chesty athlete stood proudly on the podium after winning the championship.
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She admired the chesty picador in the traditional outfit during the festival.
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His chesty voice filled the room as he confidently delivered his speech.
Synonyms
A woman who has large breasts
A person or statue with a large chest
A person or animal with a deep chest that suggests strength
A woman with large breasts and a full, attractive figure
Antonyms
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chesty comes from the simple word chest, which means 'the front of the body', and the ending -y makes it mean 'having' or 'full of'. So chesty describes someone who has a large or noticeable chest.