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jowly

jowly

2 7.5
A person with loose, sagging flesh under the chin and lower face
  • adjective
  • /ˈdʒoʊli/
: 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

jowled
vsjowly
1 7.5

With soft, sagging cheeks and loose skin around the jaw

focuses specifically on folds beneath the lower jaw rather than cheek fullness
double-chinned
vsjowly
1 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
1 8.6

Having loose skin under the chin that hangs down

includes both drooping and merely prominent folds under the jaw

Antonyms

youthful
79 3.1

Having the energy and fresh look of a young person

How Saggy

jowly
2 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.