hippy

adjective

Definition of hippynext
as in paunchy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hippy
  1. paunchy
  2. potbellied
  3. dumpy
  4. flabby
  5. squat
  6. stubby
  7. burly
Adjective
  • Lean and lethally witty Adam Godley plays middle son Mayer, the perfect counterpoint to Beale’s paunchy patriarch.
    Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Colin Farrell looks less like himself than ever in The Lobster, a movie in which the attractive leading man is transformed into a schlubby, paunchy character sporting a big mustache and corrective lenses.
    Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023
Definition of paunchy
Adjective
  • Perun summoned a potbellied officer from the T.D.F. brigade to the operations center.
    Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • What could be more luxurious than checking in without having to wade through a maze of slot machines and a cloud of cigarette smoke, dodging potbellied dudes in tank tops?
    Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
Definition of potbellied
Adjective
  • In fact, it was released during the slightly less dumpy dump month of February — on February 13, 1991, with nationwide sneak previews on February 2, 1991.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2024
  • In the premiere, Martha is made to look as dumpy and pathetic—and then as unhinged—as possible.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
Definition of dumpy
Adjective
  • Three aluminum sculptures from roughly a decade later resemble flabby beings who writhe around above viewers’ heads.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The long and flabby performance was, at the least, a squandered political opportunity.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
Definition of flabby
Adjective
  • Taylor works out of a squat, grayish building on a residential street near the railroad tracks.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Made up of six squat brick buildings separated by grassy courtyards on Dallas Street, the Edge of Lowry is a short walk south of East Colfax Avenue.
    Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of squat
Adjective
  • Judge Reinhold, as an overly genteel young detective whom Foley brings into the adult world, and John Ashton, as Reinhold’s surly, stubby older partner, carry a burden as big as Murphy’s through the second half of the picture.
    David Denby, Vulture, 3 July 2024
  • Simplicity, understood like this, is complexity well tended, just as a long, graceful line is a collection of stubby ones, tamed but not deadened.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of stubby
Adjective
  • This time, being a big, burly lad is a detriment, especially given that Bananas barely comes up to his shoulders.
    Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Andrés, a burly, charismatic Spanish American chef who owns dozens of upscale restaurants, founded World Central Kitchen in 2010 to supply aid in natural-disaster zones.
    Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of burly
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