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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).

dumpy1
adj dumpier, dumpiest
short and plump; squat
[perhaps related to dumpling]
dumpily  adv
dumpiness  n

dumpy2, dumpish [ˈdʌmpɪʃ]
adj
Rare in low spirits; depressed; morose
[from C16 dump; see dumps]
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 or dialect) She was a dumpy woman, dressed in black.
Translations
dumpy [ˈdʌmpɪ] ADJ (dumpier (compar) (dumpiest (superl))) → regordete

dumpy [ˈdʌmpi] adj [person] → courtaud(e), boulot(te)

dumpy
adjpummelig; glassesklein und massiv

dumpy [ˈdʌmpɪ] adjtracagnotto/a
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 punkero 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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Every thing was done as she had desired, and, in five minutes, I was going up Broadway as fast as Honor O'Flagherty's (for such was the name of the messenger) little dumpy legs could carry me.
He again held up his foot, which had a gouty appearance owing to its being contained in a dumpy little worsted sock, and I thought he proposed to repeat his first performance, but in this I did him an injustice, for, unlike Porthos, he was one who scorned to do the same feat twice; perhaps, like the conjurors, he knew that the audience were more on the alert the second time.
Tildy was dumpy, plain-faced, and too anxious to please to please.
 
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