Lean and Paunchy

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Lean

Lean adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.
Usage example: all of the marathoners are extremely lean
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Paunchy is an antonym for lean.
Nearby Words: leaning, leaned, leanness, leant

Paunchy

Paunchy adjective - Having a large protruding abdomen.
Usage example: not surprisingly, the new Hollywood biopic casts a young, athetically trim actor in the role of the paunchy, balding artist
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Lean is an antonym for paunchy in overweight topic.
Nearby Word: paunch
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Both words in one sentence

  • Adipose Rex He's based on the Sultan of Basra in The Thief of Bagdad, who while fat is not actually a particularly extreme example of this trope; he's only a little paunchy and only a little shorter than the Lean and Mean Grand Vizier villain.
    Source: Adipose Rex
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