zaftig

variants also zoftig

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Recent Examples of zaftig Need a zaftig character actor with a sweet smile and a can-do attitude? Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zaftig
Adjective
  • On the balcony of his grandparents’ Florida condo, Billy spies a buxom woman lounging by the pool.
    Caroline Madden, Vulture, 8 July 2024
  • My buxom breasts and backside are also accompanied by fat on my arms, belly, and legs.
    Raquel Reichard, refinery29.com, 24 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • This place gives what is uniquely a sweet and voluptuous touch to the tannins, combined with very intense spiciness on the finish.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Hugo wrote in voluptuous, righteous prose about Notre-Dame’s dereliction.
    Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The 11 Best Headboards of 2024 for Every Bedroom Style In the primary bath, matching the Roman shade fabric to the wallpaper creates a continuous flow that emphasizes the voluminous feeling; the octagonal side table provides shapely interest.
    Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Look to design super star, Ilse Crawford, for this shapely oak option.
    Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 2 July 2024
Adjective
  • Whereas Irwin’s geometric interventions, Zewde read in the late artist’s writings, were intended to echo the passage of trains parallel to the Hudson, her curvaceous landforms will bend the axis perpendicular to the water.
    Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Soleil, for instance, lives up to its name, with soft natural light, a white-and-gold color palette, extra-soft fabrics on curvaceous furnishings and a king-size bed beneath a glass ceiling that exposes the interior millwork of a turret.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • In September, a chubby pygmy hippo in Thailand became an online celebrity, and her home zoo became its own kind of creator, producing Moo Deng videos and selling merchandise.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The pediatrician, who gained national prominence for helping uncover the city's water crisis in 2015, strode across the waiting room in her white lab coat, eyes laser-focused on the chubby baby in the lap of an unsuspecting parent.
    Kate Wells, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • All of them follow this corpulent detective, Nero, who lives in a town house with his butler, Fritz.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
  • But Beijing’s intent is merely to protect its own citizens, meaning the gangs are shifting their focus towards the corpulent West instead.
    TIME, TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • As a pudgy teen in the small town of Sombor in northern Serbia, Jokić was just as interested in horse racing as basketball and was pushing 300 pounds while chugging three liters of soda a day.
    John Hollinger, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Additionally, his story is rare because of his local origin story, coming here as Pau’s pudgy kid brother before re-emerging from his cocoon in 2008 — after being traded for his brother!
    John Hollinger, The Athletic, 7 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • The toy, named Psyduck—intended for humans—is a rotund duck-like creature prone to splitting headaches.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Meet the rotund rascal Sir John Falstaff and the wise wives of Windsor in one of Shakespeare’s most raucous comedies.
    Joey Morona, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023

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“Zaftig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zaftig. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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