full-figured

[ fool-fig-yerd; British fool-fig-erd ]

adjective

1. (of a woman) having an amply proportioned or heavy body.

Example Sentences

I’m married now, and I’ve had a lot of therapy … I’ve healed and taken time for myself to learn how to love me as a Black, full-figured young lady who didn’t quite see a lot of women like myself in the industry.

From Los Angeles Times

For his mural, Toledo plans to create a “full-figured” portrait of his girlfriend floating in space and listening to a tape recorder.

From Los Angeles Times

They have enough money to buy a house in the ‘burbs where Margaret’s mom can pursue her artistic projects. Margaret’s friends can be petty and unkind, but the consequences are minimal. After Margaret teases full-figured Laura about what she might have been doing with boys behind the A&P, she cries and apologizes, even goes to confession, and later asks: “Are you there, God?

From Washington Post

This full-figured fish was like an armored Pac-Man.

From New York Times

Full-figured, brown hair, brown eyes, four years his junior.

From Slate

Related Words

• chunky
• flabby
• plump
• portly
• pudgy
• stout