squabby

9.9

Short and round in body shape

adjective
/ˈskwɑbi/

: regordete

She described the man as squabby, with a round face and stubby legs.

Examples

The squabby puppy waddled happily after its mother.
Look at that squabby cat sitting on the windowsill!
His squabby frame allowed him to squeeze into tight spaces with surprising agility.
The squabby dog waddled across the yard.
She described the man as squabby, with a round face and stubby legs.
Look at that squabby cat sitting on the windowsill!
The squabby puppy waddled happily after its mother.

Synonyms

stubby

vssquabby

13 3.7

Short and thick with a rounded or blunt end

is used for people or animals rather than objects

puggy

vssquabby

Informal

9.7

Short and slightly chubby in a cute way

is neutral and descriptive rather than informal

Antonyms

tall

∞ 1.0

Higher than most people or things of the same kind

slender

57 1.4

Thin and graceful in shape

How Stocky

bulky

35 2.3

squabby

9.9

chubby

Informal

61 1.0

plump

44 2.7

slim

60 1.0

Surface Forms

squabby positive

Morphology

squabby = squab (transparent) = squab + y

Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-y' to 'squab', so 'having the qualities of a squab' (plump/short) follows directly.

Etymology

The word squabby comes from squab, a word for a 'young, plump pigeon', and it also reminds us of squat, which means 'short and low'. So squabby means 'short and fat', like a little, round bird.