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jowly

jowly

1 7.5
A person with loose, sagging flesh under the chin and lower face
  • adjective
  • /ˈdʒoʊli/
translation icon : papudo
  • Actually, he did look like a frog, the wide mouth in a great jowly face, eyes slightly popping.
  • jowly face
  • jowly man
  • jowly cheeks

He had kind of a jowly face and that may be among the oldest images of him that him at the oldest age that his father painted him.

Examples

  • The murderer was a truck driver with a jowly face and placid, quizzical eyes.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Sweat rolled down Mrs. Vorevkin's jowly cheeks as she stood bent over the kitchen sink, cleaning and chopping vegetables for the salad.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The expression on his jowly face said that he was angry at being interrupted.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Then she closed her mouth, shook her jowly head.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • I'm looking in the mirror and of course I am picking myself apart and I'm like, I hate how I'm getting really jowly right here.

  • "Tony slapped my shoulder and gave me a quick, jowly nod."

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The camera view swiveled back to Craig's jowly face.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The cartilage in his nose has softened, flattening it against his jowly face.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Craig was just the opposite: a jowly, shaggy, good-natured bear of a former oil-field geologist with a prominent snoot and permanent five-o'clock shadow.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • He looked distinguished with his jowly face that hinted at a lifetime of wisdom.

Synonyms

double-chinned
vsjowly
5.3

Having extra soft skin under the chin that hangs down slightly

also covers cases where folds are merely prominent without clear sagging
loose-jowled
vsjowly
8.6

Having loose skin under the chin that hangs down

includes both drooping and merely prominent folds under the jaw
jowled
vsjowly
7.5

With soft, sagging cheeks and loose skin around the jaw

focuses specifically on folds beneath the lower jaw rather than cheek fullness

Antonyms

youthful
85 3.1

Having the energy and fresh look of a young person

How Saggy

jowly
1 7.5

Surface Forms

jowly positive

Morphology

jowly = jowl (transparent) = jowl + y

The adjective 'jowly' is transparently formed from the noun 'jowl' with the addition of the suffix '-y', indicating 'having the quality of'.

Etymology

Jowly comes from jowl (the lower cheek or jaw) plus the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'having'. So a jowly face has loose or sagging flesh around the jaw and under the chin, which is why the word means those heavy folds.