hulking
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Synonyms & Antonyms for hulking
Synonyms
big, biggish, boxcar, bulky, considerable, goodly, grand, great, handsome, hefty, husky, large, largish, outsize (also outsized), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy, voluminous
Antonyms
bantam, dinky, dwarf, dwarfish, little, puny, shrimpy, small, smallish, undersized (also undersize)
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The restaurant, which has not yet been named, is expected to give life to the hulking building that once housed the Hub Kitchen and Taps. — Daily Pilot, "The Plant commercial-residential project to take root in Costa Mesa after council gives OK," 4 Sep. 2019 The Cougars boast a hulking offensive line, anchored at left tackle by 6-5, 325-pound Nate Bruce. — Matt Goul, cleveland.com, "No. 1 Archbishop Hoban pounds Harrisburg, 42-12, in Ohio vs. Pennsylvania showdown," 31 Aug. 2019 Expect the bulldogs to run the ball well behind a hulking offensive line. — Wright Wilson And Keith Dunlap, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan high school football 2019: Predicting conference winners," 28 Aug. 2019 But as far as stunts go, The Bell—with its haughty air of exclusivity, its hulking leap from stoner grub to Palm Springs resort, and its so-blatant-it’s-ironic approach to marketing—is the stuntiest. — Mitchell Kuga, Condé Nast Traveler, "A Stay at the Taco Bell Hotel in Palm Springs," 21 Aug. 2019 On Tuesday, Supervisor Catherine Stefani introduced a major step toward the project’s approval: a proposal to change the lot’s zoning, so the city can turn the hulking office building into a place for people to live. — Trisha Thadani, SFChronicle.com, "Huge SF housing project adds senior housing to win over Laurel Heights," 30 July 2019 Russia, the hulking neighbor to the east, was seen as the main threat. — Jo Becker, New York Times, "The Global Machine Behind the Rise of Far-Right Nationalism," 10 Aug. 2019 Three photographs released by KCNA show Kim, in a gray collarless suit, standing besides the hulking vessel inside a nondescript warehouse. — Joshua Berlinger, CNN, "Kim Jong Un seen beside apparent submarine in state media photographs," 22 July 2019 The twisted serendipity of our national project is that sometimes moments align in tragic concert but still point to hulking truths. — Jason Parham, WIRED, "Depth of Field: The Hollow Poetry of the Eric Garner Decision," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hulking.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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