fleshy

Full of pulp

Fleshy describes something with abundant soft tissue or pulp.

A fleshy arm is plump or corpulent.

A fleshy fruit like a peach has thick, soft matter surrounding the seed.

Fleshy leaves are thick and succulent.

The word can suggest sensuality or excess: fleshy lips, fleshy thighs.

It emphasizes substance you can sink into.

plump

chubby

Slightly plump, endearingly

  • pudgySlightly fat, softly round
  • rotundRound and plump
  • plumpAgreeably fat, well-filled

portly · stout · heavyset · paunchy · tubby · doughy · blubbery · flabby · rounded · full-figured

fruit

juicy

Full of moisture

succulent · overripe · peachy · bursting · tender · sweet · soft · thick-skinned · seedless · meaty

botanical

succulent

Moist and flavorful

aloe · cactus · sedum · jade · agave · kalanchoe · overripe · meaty · plump

corpulent

obese

Extremely overweight, unhealthily so

hefty · buxom · ample · voluptuous · zaftig · burly · thickset · broad · meaty · heavy

texture

soft

Yielding to touch

smooth · supple · yielding · pulpy · tender · springy · cushiony · gelatinous · rubbery · malleable

anatomical

meaty

Rich in content

corporeal · bodily · physical · fatty · adipose · subcutaneous · tissue · dermal · cutaneous

muscular

beefy

Heavily muscled, stocky

barrel-chested · robust · stocky · musclebound · substantial · stacked · sinewy · thick · solid · powerful

sensual

voluptuous

Sensually full-bodied

sultry · ripe · inviting · provocative · seductive · sumptuous · tempting · alluring · indulgent · decadent

Categories
Opposites
body composition/build

fleshybony

Thin, with protruding skeleton

skeletal · gaunt · emaciated · skinny · lean

plant/fruit texture

fleshywithered

Dried and shrunken

desiccated · shriveled · shrivelled · dry · sere

substantiality/physicality

fleshyboney

Lacking flesh, angular

waspish · thin · insubstantial · fleshless · meager

Phrases
Family

flesh, fleshed, fleshes, fleshiness, fleshly, fleshier, fleshiest

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