Hefty and Short

Hefty

Hefty adjective - Having great weight.

Short is an antonym for hefty in big topic.

Nearby Words: heft, hefted, hefting

Short

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.
Usage example: a lot of boys are shorter than the girls in middle school, but they quickly catch up by high school

Hefty is an antonym for short.

Both words in one sentence

  • Creator / Ray Bradbury Magic Realism: Dandelion Wine and many of his short stories fall into this, usually combined with a hefty dose of nostalgia.
  • Greasels spit poison that does a hefty amount of damage over time, while karkians will chew your legs off in very short order.
  • Big, Thin, Short Trio Lord MacGuffin and his son are tall and hefty, Lord MacIntosh is scrawny and his son has the wiry build of a sprinter, and Lord Dingwall is quite short, with his son taller but shorter than most everyone else.
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