bosomy:
1. Large- or full-breasted, saif of a woman . See breasts for synonyms and euphemisms. Quote: Eve (Eva Marie Saint) and Roger (Cary Grant) in North by Northwest (1959)
-- Eve Kendall: ' I'm a big girl! '
-- Roger Thornhill: ' Yeah! In all the right places to .'
2. A full- or well-rounded figure . Nowadays, the anorexic figure becoming the norm, bosomy is often synonymous with large or overweight.
Synonyms: adipose; ample; beefy ; bloated; bosomy; brawny; broad ; burly ; busty ; buxom ; chubby ; chunky; convex; corpulent; cuddly; dimpled; dimply; double-chinned; dumpy; expanded; Falstaffian; fat; fat as a pig ; flabby; fleshy ; full; gross; hearty; heavy; hefty; husky ; jolly; lusty ; meaty; obese; of large proportions; on the plump side; overweight; paunchy; plump ; plump as a pudding ; plumpish; porcine; portly ; potbellied; pudgy; pudgy; puffy; pulpy; roly-poly ; rotund ; round as a dumpling; round; Rubenesque ; sarcous; square ; squat ; stalwart; stocky; stout; strapping ; thick; tubby ; weighty; well-padded; well-fed; zaftig .
See Also: in the saddle, jiggly show, stacked well up
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