hulking

American  

[huhl-king] / ˈhʌl kɪŋ /

adjective

1. heavy and clumsy; bulky.

   Synonyms:

   ponderous, cumbersome, massive

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hulking British  

/ ˈhʌlkɪŋ /

adjective

1. Also: hulky.  big and ungainly

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Etymology

Origin of hulking

First recorded in 1690–1700; hulk + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The company, based outside Toronto, needs to find a second life for the factory and the hulking rows of assembly-line robots it spent roughly $575 million setting up.

From The Wall Street Journal

Looming over the colorless town is its hulking circa-1385 monastery, extended in convent courtyards and stately chapels with lofty naves, offering dazzling displays of stained glass.

From The Wall Street Journal

After hundreds of generations of human breeding, the dogs that emerged had shorter muzzles, smaller teeth and an enormous range of sizes, from lapdogs to hulking guardians.

From BBC

There were few streetlamps here, spread far apart, but the hulking sign planted on the hill blinked brightly, first HOLLY, then WOOD, then LAND, before it started all over again.

From Literature

Known as the Crab, because he was born with an extra finger, the hulking Rodriguez Castro is a lieutenant colonel in the island’s interior ministry in charge of his grandfather’s security detail.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• bulky
• gargantuan
• gigantic
• imposing
• lumbering
• mammoth
• towering