dumpy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of DUMPY

being compact and broad in build and often short in stature <dumpy little men trying to look like tough guys>

Synonyms chunky, dumpy, heavyset, squat, squatty, stout, stubby, stumpy, thickset

Near Antonyms delicate, fragile, frail, puny; lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin; angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy; scraggy, scrawny, slight; anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, skeletal, wasted; spindly, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy, wiry

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect <we could only find rooms at a dumpy motel on the outskirts of the city>

Synonyms beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels), dumpy, grungy, mangy, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, ratty, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, sleazy, tacky, tatterdemalion, tatty, threadbare, timeworn, tumbledown

Near Antonyms brand-new, fresh, new; cared-for, kept-up, maintained; mended, patched, rebuilt, reconstructed; smart, spiffy, spruce

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