shouldered
4
5.9
- adjective
- /ˈʃoʊldərd/
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- Both boys were broad-shouldered and sturdy lads for their age, with light brown hair and brown eyes.
- broad-shouldered
- tall, broad-shouldered
- stoop-shouldered
Examples
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Hornbeck, a tall, slope-shouldered, bearish man, held the boy at arm's length and gave him a light shake.
Fiction book (1991) -
Standing in the open hatchway to his cabin was a broad-shouldered, buxom young woman with two bottle-blonde heads.
Fiction book (2000) -
A tall, high-shouldered black man got out, walked around behind the car, and stopped beside me.
Fiction book (1996) -
The tall, broad-shouldered figure of the Earl appeared in the doorway.
Fiction book (1990) -
Johnny is tall, broad-shouldered, and genial; and his good looks are as natural as Carmilla's.
Fiction book (2001) -
Moments later, a stoop-shouldered, dark-haired man walks in with a clipboard.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her tall, broad-shouldered rugby player's build wasn't the best choice for this errand.
Fiction book (2002) -
In truly big individuals, the king salmon becomes deeper and heavier-shouldered than other salmon species.
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Cindy was a big, broad-shouldered woman with enough pride to ignore him.
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Johnny is tall, broad-shouldered, and genial; and his good looks are as natural as Carmilla's.
Synonyms
4
3.2
Having wide shoulders and a strong upper body
1
4.8
Having shoulders and upper back bent forward instead of standing straight
1
4.0
Having broad shoulders that make a person look strong
1
4.1
Having broad straight shoulders that make the upper body look square
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.6
A medium-sized North American bird of prey with reddish shoulders that lives in woods near water
- Specialized
An arch with a horizontal beam resting on stones that stick in from each side of an opening
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shouldered comes from the everyday body word shoulder, the part where the arm joins the body, and the ending -ed means 'having', so shouldered describes someone or something that 'has' a certain kind of shoulder, as in 'broad-shouldered' or 'narrow-shouldered'.