dumpy
AdjectiveUS[duhm-pee]/ˈdʌmpi/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (3)dumpier, dumpiest
- resembling a garbage dumpRelating to dump
- short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature“some people seem born to be square and chunky”“a dumpy little dumpling of a woman”“dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears”“a little church with a squat tower”“a squatty red smokestack”“a stumpy ungainly figure”Synonyms: chunkylow-setsquatsquattystumpyOpposite tallSimilar short, little
- short and plumpSynonyms: podgypudgytubbyroly-polyOpposite leanSimilar fat
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Dump′y adjective [Compar. Dumpier; superlative Dumpiest.] 1. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.
Origin: DEF 1. From Dump a short ill-shapen piece. 2. From Dump sadness.
2. Sullen or discontented. See 2nd dump{1}. dialect (England) James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54