Overweight
Overweight adjective - Having an excess of body fat.
Usage example: an overweight person who had difficulty running even a short distance
Nearby Words: overweighted, overweighting
Thin
Thin adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.
Usage example: after her bout with pneumonia, she looked thinner
Both words in one sentence
- The plan works — when Thanksgiving arrives the turkey is as thin as a reed and Daffy is massively overweight.
Source: Fattening the Victim -
Take note that TheNostalgiaChick is not thin as a rake, nor is Nella terribly overweight◊.
Source: Fat and Skinny -
Usually used to show the pettiness of the insulter; if the person they're criticising is in fact rather thin, it comes off as desperate, and if they are a bit overweight, it just seems cruel.
Source: You Are Fat
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