Brawny

//bɹɔni//

Synonyms for "brawny" (91 found)

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Related word relations

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4 relation types

derived

2 entries

derived from

1 entries

related to

6 entries

similar

3 entries

Translations

31 translations across 18 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • мускулест adj (characterized by brawn)
  • силен adj (characterized by brawn)

Czech

2 entries
  • robustní adj (characterized by brawn)
  • svalnatý adj (characterized by brawn)

Danish

2 entries
  • kraftig adj (characterized by brawn)
  • muskuløs adj (characterized by brawn)

Dutch

1 entries
  • gespierd adj (characterized by brawn)

Finnish

1 entries
  • lihaksikas adj (characterized by brawn)

French

2 entries
  • balaise adj (characterized by brawn)
  • balèze adj (characterized by brawn)

German

2 entries
  • muskelbepackt adj (characterized by brawn)
  • muskulös adj (characterized by brawn)

Irish

1 entries
  • matánach adj (characterized by brawn)

Italian

1 entries
  • muscoloso adj (characterized by brawn)

Latin

1 entries
  • torōsus adj (characterized by brawn)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • мускулест adj (characterized by brawn)
  • силен adj (characterized by brawn)
  • јак adj (characterized by brawn)

Marathi

3 entries
  • धट्टाकट्टा adj (characterized by brawn)
  • धष्टपुष्ट adj (characterized by brawn)
  • धिप्पाड adj (characterized by brawn)

Middle English

1 entries
  • brawny adj (characterized by brawn)

Polish

2 entries
  • krzepki adj (characterized by brawn)
  • muskularny adj (characterized by brawn)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • musculoso adj (characterized by brawn)

Russian

1 entries
  • мускули́стый adj (characterized by brawn)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • làidir adj (characterized by brawn)
  • tomadach adj (characterized by brawn)

Swedish

3 entries
  • atletisk adj (characterized by brawn)
  • biffig adj (characterized by brawn)
  • muskulös adj (characterized by brawn)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

As Phil Pfister's 24-hour shift at Firestation 2 comes to a close, he switches his mind set from fire fighter, to strongman. Three years ago, the brawny, blue eyed, blond entered a strongman weight-lifting competition. He easily won and never looked back.

Source: tatoeba (12263274)

Rattler was a big, brawny fellow, and he stepped up in front of me, rolling up his sleeves.

Source: wiktionary

As he stood on one side, for a minute or so, unbuttoning his waist-coat and breeches, her fat, brawny thighs hung down

Source: wiktionary

Once the pressure of the comparatively low-drivered J's was raised to 300 pounds, they ranked as the brawniest of 4-8-4's with a tractive force of 80,000 pounds.

Source: wiktionary

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