chubbiness
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- noun
- /ˈtʃʌbɪnəs/
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- She loves to eat, and she won't Botox: 'I am on the limit of chubbiness because I love my food and my wine.'
Examples
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He was a cherubic young man, all curls and chubbiness, with an expression of solicitous serenity that Edith envied.
Fiction book (2002) -
I agree with the comment about Santa's chubbiness.
Blog text (20) -
No, I could deal with the chubbiness.
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He had never had the baby chubbiness of other American children, but now he looked third world.
Fiction book (1990) -
It felt weird to me, like the chubbiness was some sort of cushion, and when that cushion was gone, I didn't know how to look at myself.
Blog text (6) -
She was a bit chubby, and the chubbiness showed up around her chin and neck.
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But his features hadn't broken out of teenage chubbiness, and he was all too aware of it.
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But whatever the cause, chubbiness becomes more common with advancing age.
Synonyms
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A state of having too much body weight
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A soft, rounded fullness, like a kitten's body or a cheek
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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 state of being a little round and soft in the body
Antonyms
How Chubby
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chubbiness comes from chubby, which comes from chub, an old word for something 'short and round', like the small round fish called a 'chub'. So chubbiness means the state of being plump or round.