Definition of corpulent in English:

corpulent

adjective ˈkɔːpjʊl(ə)ntˈkɔrpjələnt

(of a person) fat.
a short, somewhat corpulent man
Example sentencesExamples
- She was hovering nervously over a corpulent man in army dress who was stuffing himself with canapés.
- Shannon Oliviera was a rather corpulent woman and she was proud of it.
- Their grief was really for their own lost youth, seeing in Presley's corpulent and decadent collapse a mirror image of their own sad journey from optimism to Jimmy Carter.
- The scornful laughter of the corpulent man was accompanied by a slight hiccuping.
- I assumed Troy was referring to the corpulent kid.
- The image of corpulent couch potatoes munching deep pan pepperoni and chilli while ogling a television screen for six hours was hard to expel from your mind.
- And then there was Orson Welles Square, a memorial to the corpulent director who filmed his Cannes-winning Othello here in 1949.
- There he is on the front cover - a corpulent fellow with pink cheeks and a long, grey wig, staring out at us with a hint of arrogance: Samuel Pepys, the great diarist.
- Unfortunately, at first Brutus refused to show his corpulent face, and Carter had to contend with a near mutiny from the rest of the frustrated family.
- She blinked in surprise as a corpulent man sat down next to her and settled in.
- The opposite - i.e. a short delicate man and a tall corpulent woman - is unbearable both for the couple and for others, because it is banned by the internal images and needs of middle-class society.
- For Asia's health officials and increasingly corpulent citizens, the real race is to stay out of wheelchairs altogether.
- The corpulent lawyer chortled at this formality.
- Evelyn was corpulent, thick-set, grotesquely charismatic; Laila was flame-haired, wide-eyed, honey-voiced.
- I queued up in line, next to a rather corpulent farmer's wife.
- Upon reaching a corridor she stopped as three policemen escorting a repulsive, corpulent man in handcuffs to an interrogation room passed by in front of her.
- He was a grotesque and corpulent man, almost completely bald, and the fat around his chin gaggled loosely as he talked and shook his head.
- It's a tense drama set in a world of bad cops, corrupt and corpulent politicians, hard men, hard liquor, and dangerous women.
- A corpulent figure was silhouetted in the doorway leading to the sitting room, balancing an enameled snuff-box on his palm.
- His corpulent figure and indolent manner belied ambition and a keen political intelligence.
Synonyms
fat, fattish, obese, overweight, plump, portly, stout, chubby, paunchy, beer-bellied, thickset, hefty, heavy, heavyset, burly, bulky, chunky, well padded, well covered, well upholstered, meaty, fleshy, rotund, round, well rounded, broad, broad in the beam, of ample proportions, big, large, gargantuan, elephantine
informal tubby, pudgy, beefy, porky, roly-poly, blubbery, poddy
British informal podgy, fubsy
North American informal zaftig, corn-fed, lard-assed
Australian/New Zealand nuggety
technical pyknic
archaic squabby, pursy
rare abdominous

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin corpulentus, from corpus 'body'.

Definition of corpulent in US English:

corpulent

adjectiveˈkɔrpjələntˈkôrpyələnt

(of a person) fat.
a short, somewhat corpulent man
Example sentencesExamples
- Unfortunately, at first Brutus refused to show his corpulent face, and Carter had to contend with a near mutiny from the rest of the frustrated family.
- It's a tense drama set in a world of bad cops, corrupt and corpulent politicians, hard men, hard liquor, and dangerous women.
- I assumed Troy was referring to the corpulent kid.
- The corpulent lawyer chortled at this formality.
- Shannon Oliviera was a rather corpulent woman and she was proud of it.
- His corpulent figure and indolent manner belied ambition and a keen political intelligence.
- A corpulent figure was silhouetted in the doorway leading to the sitting room, balancing an enameled snuff-box on his palm.
- I queued up in line, next to a rather corpulent farmer's wife.
- The scornful laughter of the corpulent man was accompanied by a slight hiccuping.
- She blinked in surprise as a corpulent man sat down next to her and settled in.
- Evelyn was corpulent, thick-set, grotesquely charismatic; Laila was flame-haired, wide-eyed, honey-voiced.
- And then there was Orson Welles Square, a memorial to the corpulent director who filmed his Cannes-winning Othello here in 1949.
- Upon reaching a corridor she stopped as three policemen escorting a repulsive, corpulent man in handcuffs to an interrogation room passed by in front of her.
- The opposite - i.e. a short delicate man and a tall corpulent woman - is unbearable both for the couple and for others, because it is banned by the internal images and needs of middle-class society.
- He was a grotesque and corpulent man, almost completely bald, and the fat around his chin gaggled loosely as he talked and shook his head.
- Their grief was really for their own lost youth, seeing in Presley's corpulent and decadent collapse a mirror image of their own sad journey from optimism to Jimmy Carter.
- There he is on the front cover - a corpulent fellow with pink cheeks and a long, grey wig, staring out at us with a hint of arrogance: Samuel Pepys, the great diarist.
- For Asia's health officials and increasingly corpulent citizens, the real race is to stay out of wheelchairs altogether.
- She was hovering nervously over a corpulent man in army dress who was stuffing himself with canapés.
- The image of corpulent couch potatoes munching deep pan pepperoni and chilli while ogling a television screen for six hours was hard to expel from your mind.
Synonyms
fat, fattish, obese, overweight, plump, portly, stout, chubby, paunchy, beer-bellied, thickset, hefty, heavy, heavyset, burly, bulky, chunky, well padded, well covered, well upholstered, meaty, fleshy, rotund, round, well rounded, broad, broad in the beam, of ample proportions, big, large, gargantuan, elephantine

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin corpulentus, from corpus ‘body’.

单词	corpulent
释义	Definition of corpulent in English: corpulent adjective ˈkɔːpjʊl(ə)ntˈkɔrpjələnt (of a person) fat. a short, somewhat corpulent man Example sentencesExamples She was hovering nervously over a corpulent man in army dress who was stuffing himself with canapés. Shannon Oliviera was a rather corpulent woman and she was proud of it. Their grief was really for their own lost youth, seeing in Presley's corpulent and decadent collapse a mirror image of their own sad journey from optimism to Jimmy Carter. The scornful laughter of the corpulent man was accompanied by a slight hiccuping. I assumed Troy was referring to the corpulent kid. The image of corpulent couch potatoes munching deep pan pepperoni and chilli while ogling a television screen for six hours was hard to expel from your mind. And then there was Orson Welles Square, a memorial to the corpulent director who filmed his Cannes-winning Othello here in 1949. There he is on the front cover - a corpulent fellow with pink cheeks and a long, grey wig, staring out at us with a hint of arrogance: Samuel Pepys, the great diarist. Unfortunately, at first Brutus refused to show his corpulent face, and Carter had to contend with a near mutiny from the rest of the frustrated family. She blinked in surprise as a corpulent man sat down next to her and settled in. The opposite - i.e. a short delicate man and a tall corpulent woman - is unbearable both for the couple and for others, because it is banned by the internal images and needs of middle-class society. For Asia's health officials and increasingly corpulent citizens, the real race is to stay out of wheelchairs altogether. The corpulent lawyer chortled at this formality. Evelyn was corpulent, thick-set, grotesquely charismatic; Laila was flame-haired, wide-eyed, honey-voiced. I queued up in line, next to a rather corpulent farmer's wife. Upon reaching a corridor she stopped as three policemen escorting a repulsive, corpulent man in handcuffs to an interrogation room passed by in front of her. He was a grotesque and corpulent man, almost completely bald, and the fat around his chin gaggled loosely as he talked and shook his head. It's a tense drama set in a world of bad cops, corrupt and corpulent politicians, hard men, hard liquor, and dangerous women. A corpulent figure was silhouetted in the doorway leading to the sitting room, balancing an enameled snuff-box on his palm. His corpulent figure and indolent manner belied ambition and a keen political intelligence. Synonyms fat, fattish, obese, overweight, plump, portly, stout, chubby, paunchy, beer-bellied, thickset, hefty, heavy, heavyset, burly, bulky, chunky, well padded, well covered, well upholstered, meaty, fleshy, rotund, round, well rounded, broad, broad in the beam, of ample proportions, big, large, gargantuan, elephantine informal tubby, pudgy, beefy, porky, roly-poly, blubbery, poddy British informal podgy, fubsy North American informal zaftig, corn-fed, lard-assed Australian/New Zealand nuggety technical pyknic archaic squabby, pursy rare abdominous Origin Late Middle English: from Latin corpulentus, from corpus 'body'. Definition of corpulent in US English: corpulent adjectiveˈkɔrpjələntˈkôrpyələnt (of a person) fat. a short, somewhat corpulent man Example sentencesExamples Unfortunately, at first Brutus refused to show his corpulent face, and Carter had to contend with a near mutiny from the rest of the frustrated family. It's a tense drama set in a world of bad cops, corrupt and corpulent politicians, hard men, hard liquor, and dangerous women. I assumed Troy was referring to the corpulent kid. The corpulent lawyer chortled at this formality. Shannon Oliviera was a rather corpulent woman and she was proud of it. His corpulent figure and indolent manner belied ambition and a keen political intelligence. A corpulent figure was silhouetted in the doorway leading to the sitting room, balancing an enameled snuff-box on his palm. I queued up in line, next to a rather corpulent farmer's wife. The scornful laughter of the corpulent man was accompanied by a slight hiccuping. She blinked in surprise as a corpulent man sat down next to her and settled in. Evelyn was corpulent, thick-set, grotesquely charismatic; Laila was flame-haired, wide-eyed, honey-voiced. And then there was Orson Welles Square, a memorial to the corpulent director who filmed his Cannes-winning Othello here in 1949. Upon reaching a corridor she stopped as three policemen escorting a repulsive, corpulent man in handcuffs to an interrogation room passed by in front of her. The opposite - i.e. a short delicate man and a tall corpulent woman - is unbearable both for the couple and for others, because it is banned by the internal images and needs of middle-class society. He was a grotesque and corpulent man, almost completely bald, and the fat around his chin gaggled loosely as he talked and shook his head. Their grief was really for their own lost youth, seeing in Presley's corpulent and decadent collapse a mirror image of their own sad journey from optimism to Jimmy Carter. There he is on the front cover - a corpulent fellow with pink cheeks and a long, grey wig, staring out at us with a hint of arrogance: Samuel Pepys, the great diarist. For Asia's health officials and increasingly corpulent citizens, the real race is to stay out of wheelchairs altogether. She was hovering nervously over a corpulent man in army dress who was stuffing himself with canapés. The image of corpulent couch potatoes munching deep pan pepperoni and chilli while ogling a television screen for six hours was hard to expel from your mind. Synonyms fat, fattish, obese, overweight, plump, portly, stout, chubby, paunchy, beer-bellied, thickset, hefty, heavy, heavyset, burly, bulky, chunky, well padded, well covered, well upholstered, meaty, fleshy, rotund, round, well rounded, broad, broad in the beam, of ample proportions, big, large, gargantuan, elephantine Origin Late Middle English: from Latin corpulentus, from corpus ‘body’.
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