chesty

adjective

ˈche-stē 

chestier; chestiest

1

: proudly or arrogantly self-assertive

2

: marked by a large or well-developed chest

Synonyms

• arrogant
• assumptive
• bumptious
• cavalier
• haughty
• high-and-mighty
• high-handed
• high-hat
• highfalutin
• hifalutin
• huffish
• huffy
• imperious
• important
• lofty
• lordly
• masterful
• overweening
• peremptory
• pompous
• presuming
• presumptuous
• pretentious
• self-asserting
• self-assertive
• sniffy
• stiff-necked
• supercilious
• superior
• toplofty
• toploftical
• uppish
• uppity

Examples of chesty in a Sentence

obnoxiously chesty self-made millionaires

Recent Examples on the Web

Things are already tense with her loopy future mother-in-law (Jennifer Coolidge) and the chesty ex (Lenny Kravitz) that her wealthy father (Cheech Marin) has invited without her consent. —Leah Greenblatt, Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2023

The cringeworthy stereotyping continues when Nawi begins a romance with a chesty biracial himbo named Malik (Jordan Bolger), who visits the kingdom to fulfill his Dahomean mother’s dying wish. —Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022

Campbell explores her vocal range, seamlessly transitioning from airy falsetto to chesty belts, landing every note with laser precision. Azizi Gibson feat. —Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2022

The woman was chesty, the man powerfully built, the curves of his thighs yearning for the curves of hers. —Dave Eggers, Wired, 30 Sep. 2021

Parodying a president who already flirts with self-parody isn’t easy, but Cauvin nailed the chesty voice, the malapropisms and the utter shamelessness. —Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2020

Nothing encapsulated Boston's fearless youth and dynamic potential quite like Tatum's dunk on James, and chesty celebration after, in Game 7 on Sunday. —Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 May 2018

Negan gives speeches like that guy in Creed sings: all chesty bluster that fails to impress. —Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for chesty

• testy
• arrestee
• contestee

Medical Definition

chesty

adjective

ˈches-tē 

chiefly British, of a cough

: accompanied by the raising of phlegm