bellied
- adjective
- /ˈbɛl.id/
- An unshaved, enormously pot-bellied man in a stained t-shirt stares at Vivian with pig eyes.
- bellied toad
- fire-bellied
- European fire-bellied
I've got the my wife and my son and our two pit bulls and two Guinea pigs and our two pot bellied pigs, Amy and Snortington.
- I've got the my wife and my son and our two pit bulls and two Guinea pigs and our two pot bellied pigs, Amy and Snortington.
Examples
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Below me, a crowd of women, children, and pot-bellied men were splashing around in the surf.
Fiction book (1999) -
And where would you and your beer-bellied architect be going to?
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Bellied up a ridge, and there they were, right below me.
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That's why they end up big bellied.
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The young men are stiff and trim; the old ones are stiff and bellied out.
Fiction book (1990) -
The pouch-bellied man looking off into the distant darkness was surely their father.
Fiction book (1993) -
A robust, big-bellied man, a plainclothes copper from central casting, Milacki always had a good time.
Fiction book (1999) -
A big-bellied, burly, red-haired man was sitting in the garage, sadly strumming a guitar.
Fiction book (1998) -
"... he doesn't care," Tori said, eying the big-bellied attendant.
Fiction book (2002) -
The big-bellied frog sat on the lily pad, basking in the sun.
Synonyms
A part of the body that is swollen and uncomfortable from extra gas or liquid
Rounded and soft in shape, often filled with air or soft material
Having a round, swollen shape like a bulb
Having a round, plump shape like a ball
A person or animal with a round belly that sticks out
A person with a large belly that sticks out around the middle
Sticking out in a rounded shape because something inside pushes
A shape with a round top and sides that curve out like a bell
Having extra fat around the waist
Sticking out in a rounded way
Having a large round belly
Sticks out from a surface in a round or curved way
A little fat in a soft, round way
It curves outward in the middle to form a rounded bulge
A person with a large belly that sticks out
Having a large round stomach that sticks out
Antonyms
Compounds
A small woodpecker with a pale yellow belly that drills rows of holes in trees to eat sap and insects
A freshwater turtle from rivers near Chesapeake Bay with red marks on its lower shell
A freshwater turtle with red marks on its lower shell that lives in rivers near Chesapeake Bay
A small bird with a blue-green back and white belly that nests in tree holes
How Bulging
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bellied comes from the ordinary word belly, which means 'stomach' or the soft, rounded middle of the body. So something bellied is described as having a rounded or bulging shape like a belly.