English-Thai Dictionary

dumpy

A ที่ อ้วน และ เตี้ย  ที่ เศร้าสลด  ti-uan-lae-tia

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DUMPY

a.Short and thick.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DUMPY

Dump "y, a. [Compar. Dumpier; superl. Dumpiest.] Etym: [

 

1. From Dump a short ill-shapen piece.

 

2. From Dump sadness. ]

 

1. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.

 

2. Sullen or discontented. [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.

 

DUMPY LEVEL

DUMPY LEVEL Dump "y lev "el. (Surv.)

 

Defn: A level having a short telescope (hence its name ) rigidly fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a horizontal plane. The telescope is usually an inverting one. It is sometimes called the Troughton level, from the name of the inventor, and a variety improved by one Gavatt is known as the Gavatt level.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dumpy

dump y |ˈdəmpē ˈdəmpi | ▶adjective ( dumpier, dumpiest ) 1 (of a person ) short and stout: her plain, dumpy sister. 2 (of a room or building ) ugly, dirty, and run-down: a dumpy little diner with a "closed " sign hanging in the window. DERIVATIVES dump i ly |-pəlē |adverb, dump i ness noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from dumpling + -y 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

dumpy

dumpy |ˈdʌmpi | ▶adjective ( dumpier, dumpiest ) (of a person ) short and stout: her plain, dumpy sister. DERIVATIVES dumpily adverb, dumpiness noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from dumpling + -y 1 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dumpy

dumpy adjective the boots make him look dumpy: short, squat, stubby; plump, stout, chubby, chunky, portly, fat, bulky, tubby, roly-poly, pudgy, porky. ANTONYMS tall, slender.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dumpy

dumpy adjective that skirt makes you look dumpy and middle-aged: short, squat, stubby; plump, stout, chubby, chunky, portly, paunchy, corpulent, fat, bulky, broad, broad in the beam, well covered, well padded, well rounded; informal tubby, roly-poly, pudgy, porky; Brit. informal podgy, fubsy; N. Amer. informal zaftig; archaic pursy. ANTONYMS tall; slender.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dumpy

dump y /dʌ́mpi /形容詞 ｟くだけて ｠〈人などが 〉 (魅力がなく )太って背が低い .d ú mp i ness 名詞