adj
paunchy
Paunchy (adj) means having a round, fat stomach.
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Having a round, fat stomach.
""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!""
— Robert Herrick, Waste (1976)
"He exercised every day to avoid becoming paunchy in his old age."
""I don't think personalities change," Bill said. "We get a little paunchier and we get a few wrinkles and a little gray hair. But you have the same personality.""
— Debra Galant, JERSEY; She Loved Him, She Loved Him Not, She Loves Him (2002)
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abdominous
potbellied
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What is the meaning of paunchy?
"paunchy" (adj) means having a round, fat stomach.
What is another word for paunchy?
Other words for "paunchy" include abdominous, potbellied.
What is the opposite of paunchy?
The opposite of "paunchy" is gaunt.
