jowly

adjective

ˈjau̇-lē 

 sometimes  ˈjō-

jowlier; jowliest

: having marked jowls : having full or saggy flesh about the lower cheeks and jaw area

elderly man with a disillusioned jowly face

—John Dos Passos

Examples of jowly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Too ‘jowly?’ Will Patrick Schwarzenegger have feuding Kennedys at his wedding? —Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025

The jowly breed was developed to be an imposing guard dog, but Brina’s owner, Yves Belmont, Ph.D., said he also is impressed by its intelligence. —Jennifer Peltz, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025

One notable exception is the disgusting jowly blob who hits on Michiel Huisman’s hot farmer Gunnar in a spaceport dive bar full of mercenaries, thugs and freaks, which might invite charges of homophobia if anyone were silly enough to take Rebel Moon seriously. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023

There was something kitschy about the right-wing appropriation of Smith, as the jowly profile of the eighteenth-century economist became a logo for the movement. —Kim Phillips-Fein, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2023

Benito Mussolini is a jowly thug, while Emperor Hirohito has yellow skin, buck teeth and slanted eyes. —Marilyn Chase, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2022

Daybell was a jowly, potbellied man with an awkward, quiet demeanor, who gave off the air of a person who was deeply unsure of himself. —Leah Sottile, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2022

Acting nods will likely prove elusive, though, unless voters can’t shake the image of a jowly, naked Stellan Skarsgård from their memory banks. —Glenn Whipp Entertainment Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021

Hifter is a 77-year-old military veteran with a broad chest and a jowly face who took part in the 1969 coup that brought Muammar el-Qaddafi to power. —New York Times, 30 July 2021

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1873, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for jowly

• foully