double-chinned

5.3

Having extra soft skin under the chin that hangs down slightly

adjective
/ˈdʌbəlˌtʃɪnd/

: con papada

The comedian joked about his double-chinned look as a sign of a life well-lived.

Examples

I'd just topped my self-portrait with a smiling, double-chinned head when Dr. Feine said, "Very good."

Fiction book (1999)
And without a doubt, this shameless, double-chinned idiot (of questionable birth) will be there too with all of his pedophile cronies.

Blog text (14)
For a minute, he seems sobered—sad and double-chinned.

Fiction book (1991)
In the photograph, he looked older with his double-chinned face and tired eyes.
After losing weight, she no longer had a double-chinned appearance.

Synonyms

jowly

vsdouble-chinned

1 7.5

A person with loose, sagging flesh under the chin and lower face

focuses on sagging folds beneath the chin without extra emphasis

loose-jowled

vsdouble-chinned

8.6

Having loose skin under the chin that hangs down

indicates sagging under the chin without stressing looseness or droop

jowled

vsdouble-chinned

7.5

With soft, sagging cheeks and loose skin around the jaw

refers specifically to folds beneath the chin rather than cheeks

How Chubby

obese

126 3.8

double-chinned

5.3

chubby

Informal

61 1.0

average

∞ 1.0

slender

57 1.4

Surface Forms

double-chinned positive

Morphology

double-chinned = double chin (transparent) = double + chin + ed

Built from the compound 'double chin' plus the adjectival suffix '-ed'; learners who know 'double' and 'chin' can infer the adjective.

Etymology

The word double-chinned is simply made from double (meaning 'two') and chin (the lower part of the face), so it literally means a second chin. So double-chinned describes a fold under the chin that looks like 'two' chins.