bulkiness

  • 61awkward — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. clumsy, ungraceful, ungainly; gauche; embarrassing. See unskillfulness, difficulty. Ant., adroit, dexterous. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Unskillful] Syn. clumsy, inept, maladroit, ungainly,… …

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  • 62heavy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. weighty, heavyset (See gravity); oppressive, tedious, tiresome; dull, gloomy, overcast; strong, pressing, large; somber, dismal, dejected, sad, melancholy; slow, inert, sluggish; grievous, serious.… …

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  • 63fatness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. plumpness, obesity, weight, flesh, heaviness, portliness, grossness, corpulence, bulkiness, girth, breadth, largeness, stoutness, rotundity, protuberance, bloatedness, distention, hypertrophy, fleshiness, flabbiness,… …

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  • 64immensity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. infinity, vastness, greatness, massiveness, hugeness, enormousness, immeasurableness, boundlessness, bulkiness, sizableness, immenseness, bigness, largeness, gigantism, tremendousness, stupendousness, monstrousness,… …

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  • 65bulky — bulk|y [ˈbʌlki] adj 1.) something that is bulky is bigger than other things of its type and is difficult to carry or store ▪ a bulky parcel 2.) someone who is bulky is big and heavy ▪ Andrew is a bulky man. >bulkiness n [U] …

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  • 66corpulence — late 15c. body size (either large or small, with adj.), from O.Fr. corpulence (14c.) corpulence; physical size, build, from L. corpulentia grossness of body, noun of quality from corpulentus (see CORPULENT (Cf. corpulent)). Restriction to… …

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  • 67burdensomeness — n. state of being troublesome, state of being distressing; heaviness, bulkiness …

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  • 68burliness — n. huskiness, bulkiness, muscularity …

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  • 69debulk — v. remove bulk or bulkiness from something …

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  • 70debulked — v. remove bulk or bulkiness from something …

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