Fat and Wiry

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Fat adjective - Having an (over)abundance of flesh.

Usage example: he hadn't remembered how fat she was

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Wiry is an antonym for fat.

Nearby Words: fatness, fatty, fating

Wiry adjective - Lean and sinewy.

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Fat is an antonym for wiry.

He showed up for the filming of Apocalypse Now drunk and fat, though Coppola had been specified a wiry, muscular character.

Source: Wag the Director
For the men, this results in a wiry short character, a broad shouldered tall character, and an obese fat character.

Source: Only One Female Mold

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