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fleshy

fleshy

20 3.8
Plump and soft on the body, like thick cheeks or arms
  • adjective
  • /ˈflɛʃi/
translation icon : carnoso
  • The child had soft, fleshy cheeks that made her appear very huggable.
  • fleshy fruits
  • fleshy mouth

So apparently this little fleshy Angel creature examines her.

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Examples

  • However, it is true that its neck is very large, massive, sinewy, fleshy, and very strong.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Her face was round and puffy, and she had short, fleshy arms that she kept folded against her breasts.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I want to eat those fleshy arms!

  • The bones in his right arm and his right hand are completely gone, resulting in this fleshy mass.

  • "You still want The Duke," said the fleshy man, his tone flat and certain.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The lungs are just these fleshy bags, right?

  • The angel stands behind her, pressing all ten fingers into her fleshy back, moving the skin in circles.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Tears were rolling down his dark, fleshy cheeks, and his gray head began waving about.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Suddenly a woman's face, fleshy and florid under her surgical cap, was above mine.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Pastor Kramer's hand is warm and fleshy, as if lotioned repeatedly.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

fat
vsfleshy
1.0

Having a lot of extra body weight

refers to plump soft tissue rather than marked excess weight
overweight
vsfleshy
146 2.2

Weighing more than is healthy for a person's height

is about local soft body tissue rather than a health measurement
thick
vsfleshy
88 1.0

Having a solid wide body or wide arms and legs

focuses on soft tissue fullness rather than mere breadth
meaty
vsfleshy
17 3.4

Containing meat or tasting like meat

emphasizes soft rounded fullness rather than dense fibrous texture
corpulent
vsfleshy
  • Formal
4 7.3

A person who is very fat with a large, heavy body

is milder and focuses on soft plumpness not extreme bulk
plumpish
vsfleshy
1 3.7

A little fat in a soft, round way

is about thicker body tissue rather than just mild roundedness
thick-bodied
vsfleshy
1 4.1

A person or animal that has a wide, heavy body

is more about extra body tissue rather than only broad shape
blousy
vsfleshy
7.0

A soft, rounded face or body that looks a little plump

is about thicker body tissue rather than gentle slight rounding

Antonyms

298 1.3

Very thin in a way that looks unhealthy

108 2.5

Thin with little extra fat or money

How Fleshy

fat
1.0
fleshy
20 3.8
plump
44 2.7
thin
314 1.0
bony
30 2.5

Surface Forms

fleshy positive
fleshier comparative
fleshiest superlative

Morphology

fleshy = flesh (transparent) = flesh + y

Formed from the noun 'flesh' with the adjectival suffix '-y' giving the straightforward meaning 'having flesh or flesh-like qualities'.

Etymology

Fleshy is simply the common word flesh plus the ending -y, where flesh means 'soft part of the body' and -y means 'full of'. So, fleshy means 'full of flesh', that is plump, thick, or soft, like a rounded cheek or a juicy fruit.