rotund
adjective
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Synonyms & Antonyms for rotund
Synonyms
blubbery, chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, lardy, obese, overweight, plump, podgy [chiefly British], portly, pudgy, replete, roly-poly, round, tubby
Antonyms
lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin
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Gogolak turned heads during an era of rotund linemen/placekickers chugging up to the football and hitting it square with their toe. — The Si Staff, SI.com, "100 Figures Who Shaped the NFLâs First Century," 28 Aug. 2019 When the rotund American commander, Gen. William Rufus Shafter, told him to take his hands off the halyard, the correspondent slugged him, or tried to (accounts vary). — John Maxwell Hamilton, National Geographic, "In a battle for readers, two media barons sparked a war in the 1890s," 16 Apr. 2019 The sentences are short and of consistent lengthânot unlike the padded footfalls of a rotund catâand, in their occasional repetitiveness, mimic a felineâs clumsy thinking. — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, "Mog the Cat and the Mysteries of Animal Subjectivity," 20 June 2019 This network of waters, at Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, provides a home to scarce animals including the Gila topminnow, a sparkly-silver, inch-long fish, and Gila chub, which are larger and more rotund. — Douglas Main, National Geographic, "In a land of wild cats and scarce water, a battle over mining heats up," 25 Apr. 2019 In escapist fashion, the wet-looking shadows each moved beyond the lid, blues clouding ethereal toward the brow, while warmer shades skewed finger-painted, swiped into imperfect cat-eyes and rotund delineations. — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, "This Painterly Pastel Eyeshadow Is the Answer to a Permanently Sunny State of Mind," 17 Sep. 2018 The mild-mannered Rouhani, a rotund cleric known for his constant smile, put a fresh, moderate face on Iranâs foreign policy. — Erin Cunningham, Washington Post, "His nuclear deal and economy are crumbling, but donât write off Iranâs president yet," 11 May 2018 Is that perfect hen-and-chicks, all cute and rotund, really so much to ask for? — Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, "5 Mistakes Youâre Making With Your Succulents (And How To Grow 'Em Right)," 9 Feb. 2017 The green and rotund Slimerâwhom director Ivan Reiter has referred to as a tribute to comedian John Belushiâwas sculpted out of foam and performed by a puppeteer, then overlaid into scenes with actors. — Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, "How Your World Works Podcast: The Special Effects Behind 'Ghostbusters'," 27 Oct. 2015These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rotund.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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