outthrust

Jutting boldly out

Outthrust describes something pushed or thrust outward, especially a body part held in a projecting position: his outthrust jaw, she stood with outthrust chin.

As a noun, an outthrust is the act of thrusting out or the thing projected: an outthrust of rock from the cliff face.

projection

jutting

Extending sharply outward

promontory · prow · beak · snout · jut · bulge · protuberance · spur · outcrop · prominence

architectural

cantilever

Beam supported one end

jetty · bay window · corbel · buttress · dormer · gargoyle · portico · oriel · awning · mantel

geological

uplift

Raise emotionally or physically

escarpment · ridge · spur · bluff · crag · tor · butte · mesa · hogback · monadnock

force

push

Force something away

impel · jab · lunge · poke · ram · punch · extend · project · protrude · reach

bodily

jaw

Bone holding teeth

  • chinLowest facial protrusion
  • chestRibcage region or strongbox
  • lipMouth's outer edge

tongue · elbow · arm · hand · finger · fist · hip · pelvis · belly · shoulder

Opposites
direction of extension

outthrustwithdrawn

Emotionally distant, disengaged

retracted · pulled back · drawn in · indrawn · recessed

postural stance

outthrustwithdrawn

Emotionally distant, disengaged

shrinking · cowering · hunched · recoiled · tucked

Family

out, thrust, outburst, thrusting, thrusters, thruster, thrusted

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