单词 | thesaurus/articles/having-more-flesh-on-the-body-than-average |
释义 | Thesaurus article:having more flesh on the body than averagehaving more flesh on the body than averageThese are words for people who have more flesh on their bodies than what is considered average. The simplest word for this isfat. Some people find the wordfatto be disapproving or insensitive. He's got fatter as he's got older. The celeb called out fashion houses that refuse to cater to fat people. The opposite offatisthin. He wishes he were thin again, but that's just age for you. For more opposites offat, see the article atthin. Overweightis another, sometimes more polite, way of sayingfat.Overweightfocuses on how much a person weighs, but also implies that the person weighs more than what is considered average for unhealthy reasons. She used to be overweight. If someone is extremely fat in a way that is often thought to be bad for their health, you could use the wordobese.Obeseis used in medical contexts. More and more children are becoming obese. Plumpis a polite way of saying that someone is fat. He's got rather plump since I last saw him. Chubbyis often used about children who are fat in a pleasant and attractive way. Look at the baby's chubby little legs. Corpulentis a formal word that meansfat. He was corpulent and red-faced. If an older man is fat, you could describe him asportly. He was a portly man with a bushy moustache. |
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