pear-shaped
Narrow top, wide bottom
Pear-shaped describes something wider at the bottom than at the top, like the fruit.
A pear-shaped body carries weight in the hips and thighs.
In British slang, to go pear-shaped means to go wrong or fail: The whole plan went pear-shaped.
The origin of this phrase is uncertain but may come from RAF slang for imperfect aerial maneuvers.
Crooked or wrong
- wrongContrary to fact
- southCardinal direction opposite north
- sidewaysToward one side
- botchedPoorly executed, spoiled
fiasco · debacle · blunder · collapse · unravel · derail · misfire · flop
Gravity-powered sand timer
- full-figuredHaving a curvy, larger build
- curvyHaving smooth bends
- voluptuousSensually full-bodied
- buxomFull-figured, especially bosomed
zaftig · Rubenesque · proportioned · silhouette · figure · waist · hips · bottom-heavy
Gradually narrowing in width
- bulbousSwollen and round
- teardropSingle unit of crying
- roundedHaving no sharp angles
- narrowOf small width
wide · contour · silhouette · gourd · calabash · lightbulb · droplet · flask
awry
Crooked or wrong
botched · fiasco · debacle · blunder · collapse · unravel · derail · misfire · flop · snafu
hourglass
Gravity-powered sand timer
- full-figuredHaving a curvy, larger build
- curvyHaving smooth bends
- voluptuousSensually full-bodied
buxom · zaftig · Rubenesque · proportioned · silhouette · figure · waist · hips · bottom-heavy · tapered
tapered
Gradually narrowing in width
narrow · wide · contour · silhouette · gourd · calabash · lightbulb · droplet · flask · vase
Bartlett
A pear cultivar
Asian · orchard · ripe · juicy · skin · core · harvest · nectar · sweetness · gritty
rounded
Having no sharp angles
plummy · resonant · fruity · full · cultured · affected · BBC · theatrical · elocution · diction
pear-shapedtop-heavy
Disproportionately weighted above
apple-shaped · inverted triangle · V-shaped · broad-shouldered · barrel-chested
pear-shapedtop-heavy
Disproportionately weighted above
conical · cylindrical · spherical · square · rectangular
pear-shapedaccording to plan
Proceeding as designed
swimmingly · smoothly · like clockwork · perfectly · successfully
shape, shaped, pear, shapes, shapely, pears, shapeless, misshapen, pearly