The paunchy man struggled to tie his shoes.
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Paunchy
//ˈpɔːnt͡ʃi//
Synonyms for "paunchy" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 18 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- προγάστωρ adj (having a paunch)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yekəqarın adj (having a paunch)
Bulgarian
2 entries- шкембелия adj (having a paunch)
- шкембест adj (having a paunch)
Catalan
2 entries- panxut adj (having a paunch)
- ventrut adj (having a paunch)
Galician
2 entries- barrigudo adj (having a paunch)
- bazuncho adj (having a paunch)
German
1 entries- dickbäuchig adj (having a paunch)
Greek
2 entries- κοιλαράς adj (having a paunch)
- προγάστωρ adj (having a paunch)
Hungarian
1 entries- pocakos adj (having a paunch)
Ingrian
1 entries- pusattoi adj (having a paunch)
Irish
1 entries- marógach adj (having a paunch)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- barigudu adj (having a paunch)
- barrigude adj (having a paunch)
Persian
1 entries- گامبو adj (having a paunch)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- dikj adj (having a paunch)
Polish
1 entries- brzuchaty adj (having a paunch)
Portuguese
1 entries- barrigudo adj (having a paunch)
Russian
1 entries- пуза́тый adj (having a paunch)
Spanish
4 entries- barrigudo adj (having a paunch)
- barrigón adj (having a paunch)
- guatón adj (having a paunch)
- panzudo adj (having a paunch)
Welsh
2 entries- boliog adj (having a paunch)
- cestog adj (having a paunch)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
He exercised every day to avoid becoming paunchy in his old age.
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A trim-middled hog will have a higher dressing percentage than a wasty, gutty, paunchy, heavy-middled hog.
Source: wiktionary
"They live in New York, and he had the effrontery to give me a dinner and ask all his collaborators to it, fat, paunchy men who smelled of money. Pfaugh!"
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