as in plump
having an excess of body fat
the short and pudgy toddler had transformed into a tall, strapping teenager
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Recent Examples of pudgy
Another soldier, pudgy and silent, filmed us with his phone, and the Italian activists filmed him in turn.
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Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
As a pudgy teen in the small town of Sombor in northern Serbia, Jokić was just as interested in horse racing as basketball and was pushing 300 pounds while chugging three liters of soda a day.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
Short limbs and pudgy body shape make giant pandas susceptible to falls.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
Its governor, Edward Jackson, was a close friend of the the Indiana Klan leader, D. C. Stephenson, a pudgy man with a reputation for high living, carousing, and trouble with the law.
—Tara McAndrew, JSTOR Daily, 25 Jan. 2017
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Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
As a pudgy teen in the small town of Sombor in northern Serbia, Jokić was just as interested in horse racing as basketball and was pushing 300 pounds while chugging three liters of soda a day.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
Short limbs and pudgy body shape make giant pandas susceptible to falls.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
Its governor, Edward Jackson, was a close friend of the the Indiana Klan leader, D. C. Stephenson, a pudgy man with a reputation for high living, carousing, and trouble with the law.
—Tara McAndrew, JSTOR Daily, 25 Jan. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pudgy
Adjective
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The formula gets bonus points for not feeling sticky, not traveling or feathering, and smoothing out lip lines for a plump, pouty effect.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The prickly pear extract soothe irration and the brand’s signature VIP O2 complex evens your skin tone and hydrates without any tightness, leaving your face plump, clean, and ready for anything.—
Tanya Akim,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The 16-ounce prime Angus New York strip includes duck fat confit Dutch potatoes, pancetta, king trumpet mushrooms, roasted pearl onions, Shropshire blue cheese, red frill mustard and Cabernet reduction.—
Jessica Peralta,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Whole seeds provide more fiber, potassium, and zinc, while shelled pepitas offer more protein, fat, iron, magnesium, and phosphorus.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Smoothing round poppy seeds and sea salt—which do the gentle buffing—come suspended in a hunk of detoxifying French blue clay, nourishing olive fruit oil, and zingy peppermint essential oil, the latter of which wakes you up better than any iPhone alarm.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Sloomoo is the brand’s adorable shape-shifting mascot, which isn’t round or straight, and isn’t small or tall, but because it’s made of slime, can stretch into any shape at all.—
Sharon Edelson,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Botero Museum, celebrating the Colombian artist known for his signature paintings of chubby people and parrots, is not to be missed and is free.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The younger Hill was a sensitive and proudly chubby tween boy—not good at fighting or football, but handy with a sewing machine and a master of prop comedy.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Pudgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pudgy. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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