Dumpy
adjective
Short and thick.
She described the man as dumpy with a receeding hairline
Often appears as...
- dumpy woman
- dumpy man
adjective
Not stylish or attractive.
The houses in that area look rather dumpy
Often appears as...
- dumpy house
- dumpy clothes
adjective
Short and thick.
She described the man as dumpy with a receeding hairline
Often appears as...
- dumpy woman
- dumpy man
adjective
Not stylish or attractive.
The houses in that area look rather dumpy
Often appears as...
- dumpy house
- dumpy clothes
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Pro Tip 1/3Impolite Description
Use 'dumpy' carefully; it can sound rude if used to describe people.
Avoid calling someone dumpy; it may offend them.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Appearance
'Dumpy' often implies someone is not only short but also stout or rounded.
The dumpy figure huddled in the chair looked uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Using 'dumpy' to describe someone usually has a negative tone, implying a lack of elegance.
His dumpy appearance made her rethink the blind date.
Pro Tip 1/3Impolite Description
Use 'dumpy' carefully; it can sound rude if used to describe people.
Avoid calling someone dumpy; it may offend them.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Appearance
'Dumpy' often implies someone is not only short but also stout or rounded.
The dumpy figure huddled in the chair looked uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Using 'dumpy' to describe someone usually has a negative tone, implying a lack of elegance.
His dumpy appearance made her rethink the blind date.
Pro Tip 1/3Impolite Description
Use 'dumpy' carefully; it can sound rude if used to describe people.
Avoid calling someone dumpy; it may offend them.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Appearance
'Dumpy' often implies someone is not only short but also stout or rounded.
The dumpy figure huddled in the chair looked uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Using 'dumpy' to describe someone usually has a negative tone, implying a lack of elegance.
His dumpy appearance made her rethink the blind date.
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Video examples
Dave Isay: Everyone...
And I say it so often. I say it to remind you that as dumpy as I am, it's coming from me. It's like hearing a beautiful song from a busted old radio, and it's nice of you to keep the radio around the house. Annie If I don't have a note on the kitchen table, I think there's something wrong. You write a love letter to me every morning.
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Baby Albatross Encounter...
And they're just so gorgeous and you see pictures of them, but nothing compares to real life. The chicks are so cute and when they're alarmed, they sort of crane their necks up and they end up looking like bowling pins because they're just these little white sort of dumpy shape
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The Geek Shall Inherit...
that I think it has a great job to do with them having the ability to find out anything so let me if you were sort of a short dumpy kid and then you find science fiction this doesn't necessarily play into your social life any more than you
Video examples
Dave Isay: Everyone...
And I say it so often. I say it to remind you that as dumpy as I am, it's coming from me. It's like hearing a beautiful song from a busted old radio, and it's nice of you to keep the radio around the house. Annie If I don't have a note on the kitchen table, I think there's something wrong. You write a love letter to me every morning.
Video examples
Baby Albatross Encounter...
And they're just so gorgeous and you see pictures of them, but nothing compares to real life. The chicks are so cute and when they're alarmed, they sort of crane their necks up and they end up looking like bowling pins because they're just these little white sort of dumpy shape
Video examples
The Geek Shall Inherit...
that I think it has a great job to do with them having the ability to find out anything so let me if you were sort of a short dumpy kid and then you find science fiction this doesn't necessarily play into your social life any more than you
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Quote examples
Michael Cudlitz
American Actor
I've always worked out. I've always gone to the gym. But it was always a chore, and it was always, like, 'Man, I've gotta go do this because if I don't I'll get all dumpy and out of shape and then no one will hire me for good roles.
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Rick Nielsen
American Musician
We've got the pretty-boy lead singer and the fat, dumpy drummer, and I'm the zany guitarist. Sure, we've played up the image at times. But it's the music that matters most.
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Sam Wanamaker
American Actor
Frankly, the British always looked at this as a dumpy industrial area, but this was where Shakespeare lived and wrote and performed some of his greatest works.
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Tracy Morgan
American Actor
I don't see myself as angry, although other people see that. I just see myself as a short, dumpy guy with bad feet, and I'm passionate.
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Gwyneth Paltrow
American Actress
I never thought that I'd be considered to have a good body. I was bony up top and kind of dumpy on the bottom.
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Mae West
American Actress
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
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Ann Widdecombe
British Politician
I am toothy, dumpy, ugly, overweight, a spinster - what the hell?
Quote examples
Michael Cudlitz
American Actor
I've always worked out. I've always gone to the gym. But it was always a chore, and it was always, like, 'Man, I've gotta go do this because if I don't I'll get all dumpy and out of shape and then no one will hire me for good roles.
Quote examples
Rick Nielsen
American Musician
We've got the pretty-boy lead singer and the fat, dumpy drummer, and I'm the zany guitarist. Sure, we've played up the image at times. But it's the music that matters most.
Quote examples
Sam Wanamaker
American Actor
Frankly, the British always looked at this as a dumpy industrial area, but this was where Shakespeare lived and wrote and performed some of his greatest works.
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Tracy Morgan
American Actor
I don't see myself as angry, although other people see that. I just see myself as a short, dumpy guy with bad feet, and I'm passionate.
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Gwyneth Paltrow
American Actress
I never thought that I'd be considered to have a good body. I was bony up top and kind of dumpy on the bottom.
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Mae West
American Actress
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
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Ann Widdecombe
British Politician
I am toothy, dumpy, ugly, overweight, a spinster - what the hell?
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