fleshiness
- noun
- /ˈflɛʃiˌnəs/
- Her cheeks had a pleasant fleshiness that gave her a youthful look.
- soft fleshiness
I say my fleshiness also hides my skeletonness.
- I say my fleshiness also hides my skeletonness.
Examples
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Religious groups such as our own have a propensity to spiritualize and need always to be re-grounded in the fleshiness of human existence.
Blog text (26) -
Derek was healthy, big-boned, and inclined to fleshiness, with a soft-rubbery feel to his fair skin that had given him the look, when younger, of a large, animated doll.
Fiction book (1998) -
He missed her fleshiness, the suggestion of abundance.
Fiction book (1993) -
The soft fleshiness of his mouth brushed against mine, and a tingling started in my stomach.
Blog text (17) -
In her mouth, in the ample fleshiness of it, I saw, or imagined I saw, her willingness to accept my devotions, at least until the end of the summer, when she went away to college.
Fiction book (1998) -
The baby's fleshiness made her appear healthy and well-nourished.
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The artist appreciated the fleshiness of the model, as it added warmth to his painting.
Synonyms
A state of having too much body weight
A soft, round body shape with a little extra weight
A soft, rounded fullness, like a kitten's body or a cheek
The quality of having a large amount of fat
Being very fat or much heavier than is healthy
A state of being a little round and soft in the body
A plump, round look that makes something seem cute and easy to hug
A person or animal body shape that is round and slightly plump
Antonyms
How Fleshy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fleshiness comes from flesh, meaning 'body tissue' or 'meat', and the ending -ness, meaning 'state of'. So, fleshiness describes being full of soft body tissue, which helps you remember it means 'plump', 'thick', or 'juicy' when talking about a person's face or the inside of a fruit.