Brawny
11brawny — adjective (brawnier; est) Date: 1581 1. muscular; also strong, powerful 2. being swollen and hard < a brawny infected foot > • brawnily adverb • brawniness …
12brawny — adjective a) Characterized by brawn; muscular; strong. Rattler was a big, brawny fellow, and he stepped up in front of me, rolling up his sleeves. b) Calloused; hardened …
13brawny — brawn|y [ˈbro:ni US ˈbro: ] adj very large and strong ▪ His brawny arms glistened with sweat …
14brawny — adjective very large and strong: His brawny arms glistened with sweat …
15brawny — adjective the brawny young hunks at the gym Syn: strong, muscular, muscly, well built, hard bodied, powerful, mighty, Herculean, strapping, burly, sturdy, husky, rugged; hefty, solid; informal beefy, hunky Ant …
16brawny — brawn ► NOUN 1) physical strength as opposed to intelligence. 2) Brit. cooked meat from a pig s or calf s head, pressed with jelly. DERIVATIVES brawny adjective. ORIGIN Old French braon fleshy part of the leg …
17brawny — brawnily, adv. brawniness, n. /braw nee/, adj., brawnier, brawniest. muscular; strong. [1375 1425; late ME; see BRAWN, Y1] Syn. burly, robust, strapping. Ant. weak, slight, frail. * * * …
18brawny — Synonyms and related words: able bodied, adipose, athletic, beefy, big bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, broad shouldered, bulky, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fleshy, full, gross, heavyset, hefty, hippy …
19brawny — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. powerful, muscular, sturdy; see strong 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. muscular, herculean, beefy, burly, sinewy, powerful, strapping, rugged, husky, solid, stout. ANT.: frail, powerless, weak III (Roget s… …
20brawny — brawn|y [ brɔni ] adjective physically strong, with big muscles …
