jowly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
5

Definition of jowly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having conspicuous jowls; with a double chin.
    “[…] his strong jaw renders the face indeed “jowly” rather than oval, consequently the expression is normally hard, though open and not ill-humoured, whilst the smile which comes out of it is pleasant.”
    “Over the last few years, the liberal Democratic image of Vice President Richard M. Nixon as a jowly, blue-jawed villain with a ski-jump nose has receded in the light of his growing stature and achievements.”
    “Nick, or Domenico, was sixty or so now and looked it. He was jowly and paunched and was still Italian enough not to give a damn.”

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Etymology

From jowl + -y.

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