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dumpy
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dump·y 1  (dmp)
adj. dump·i·er, dump·i·est
Short and stout; squat.

[Probably from dump, lump.]

dumpi·ly adv.
dumpi·ness n.

dum·py 2  (dmp)
adj. dump·i·er, dump·i·est
Resembling a dump, as in shabbiness; disreputable: "The place had a dark and dumpy look" (Washington Post).

dumpy
Adjective
[dumpier, dumpiest] short and plump [perhaps related to dumpling]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.dumpy - resembling a garbage dump
2.dumpy - short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure"
short, little - low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
3.dumpydumpy - short and plump                      
fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"

dumpy
adjective podgy, homely, short, plump, squat, stout, chunky, chubby, tubby, roly-poly, pudgy, squab, fubsy (archaic), (dialect)
Translations
dumpy [ˈdʌmpɪ] adjregordete/a

dumpy [ˈdʌmpɪ] adjcourtaud(e)boulot(te)

dumpy [ˈdʌmpɪ] adjpummelig

dumpy [ˈdʌmpɪ] adjtracagnotto/a

dumpy
adj dumpy [ˈdampi]
short and thick or fat a dumpy little woman. pokkel قَصير وَبَدين тантурест zavalitý lille og tyk; tæt plump στρουμπουλός rechoncho matsakas خپل pönäkkä boulot גוּץ וְשָמֵן नाटा मोटा zdepast tömzsi pendek gemuk stuttur og digur, lítill og feitur tozzo, grassottello ずんぐりした 땅딸막한 kresnas, apvalus drukns gemuk kort en dik liten og tykk, klumpet krępy, przysadzisty atarracado bondoc приземистый zavalitý debelušen zdepast rultig, undersätsig, satt อ้วนเตี้ย kısa ve şişman 矮胖的 низький; дебелий پستہ قد ، گٹھیلے جسم کا thấp béo lùn
n dumpiness
pokkelrigheid قُصْر وَبَدانَه закръгленост zavalitost plumphed die Plumpheit στρουμπουλή εμφάνιση apariencia rechoncha/regordeta matsakus خپل بودن pönäkkyys apparence boulotte גוּצִיוּת नाटापन, मोटापन zdepastost, nabijenost zömökség kegemukan feitlaginn og lágvaxinn í útliti l'esser tozzo ずんぐりしていること 작고 뚱뚱함 kresnumas, apvalumas druknums kegemukkan dikheid det som er lite og tykt/klumpet przysadzistość gorduchice corpolenţă приземистость zavalitosť debelušnost zdepastost rultighet, undersätsighet ความอ้วนเตี้ย tıknazlık, bodurluk 矮胖 нудьга گٹھیلاپن dáng lùn bé


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