pudginess
- noun
- /ˈpədʒɪnəs/
:
gordura
- Just ask 26-year-old Nick: "My girlfriend exercises regularly, but I think the little pudginess in her thighs is sexy because it shows she's not perfect."
Examples
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Describe the springy pudginess of a baby's feet.
Academic text (2010) -
Many parents find their baby's pudginess endearing, especially when they see those plump little fingers.
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In the middle of her pudginess, this smile is the same one that he saw many years ago.
Fiction book (1995) -
The Minority Floor Leader was white-haired, with a pudginess exaggerated by the droops of age and the slight distortion of the compuphone picture.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her child's pudginess made him look adorable in his little round cheeks and chubby arms.
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The puppy's pudginess was so charming that everyone wanted to cuddle him at the park.
Synonyms
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1.0
A state of having too much body weight
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1.9
A soft, round body shape with a little extra weight
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2.4
A soft, rounded fullness, like a kitten's body or a cheek
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6.6
A soft, plump quality caused by extra fat or tissue
A person or animal body shape that is round and slightly plump
A pleasantly rounded, slightly plump body shape
A plump, round look that makes something seem cute and easy to hug
A belly that sticks out and looks large
Antonyms
How Plump
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pudginess comes from pudgy, probably from pudge, and it sounds like pudding, a 'soft, round' dessert. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a small round pudding: pudginess means being 'slightly plump' or 'chubby'.