portliness
Round belly condition
Portliness is the state of being portly—having a heavy, rounded body, particularly around the midsection.
The term carries a slightly old-fashioned, genteel quality and tends to describe men more than women.
Unlike blunter words for being overweight, portliness suggests a certain dignified corpulence, the kind associated with prosperous middle-aged gentlemen.
His portliness spoke to years of good living.
Bodily heaviness or resolve
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- fatnessExcess body bulk
- chubbinessMild excess body fat
- pudginessState of being plump
paunchiness · plumpness · heaviness · tubbiness · fleshiness · adiposity · rotundity · embonpoint
State of being curved
- rotunditySpherical or plump quality
- bulbousnessRounded, swelling form
- convexityOutward-curving quality
- curvinessRounded, winding form
fullness · globularity · roundedness · protuberance · belly · paunch · potbelly · beer belly
stoutness
Bodily heaviness or resolve
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- fatnessExcess body bulk
- chubbinessMild excess body fat
pudginess · paunchiness · plumpness · heaviness · tubbiness · fleshiness · adiposity · rotundity · embonpoint · corpulence
roundness
State of being curved
- rotunditySpherical or plump quality
- bulbousnessRounded, swelling form
- convexityOutward-curving quality
curviness · fullness · globularity · roundedness · protuberance · belly · paunch · potbelly · beer belly · spare tire
stocky
Short and solidly built
barrel-chested · broad · sturdy · robust · solid · stout · beefy · husky · strapping · big-boned
portlinessthinness
State of minimal width
slenderness · leanness · skinniness · slimness · svelteness
import, export, portable, porter, portly, deportment, comport, portliest