What is another word for heel?
1307 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈiːl], [ hˈiːl], [ h_ˈiː_l]
Heel is the back part of the foot, and it has various synonyms depending on the context. Some common synonyms include the sole, the underside of the foot, the foot's back, the hindfoot, the calcaneus, and the rearfoot. In some instances, it may be referred to as the back or rear of a particular object like a shoe, sock, or animal's paw. Heel may also be used metaphorically to depict a subordinate or someone who follows orders from someone else, and in this context, some synonyms may include subordinate, henchman, follower, or underling. The appropriate synonym for heel largely depends on the specific context in which it is used.
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Similar words for heel:
- contemptible (adjective)
- obnoxious (adjective)
- apprentice (noun)
- bad person (noun)
- cad (noun)
- cur (noun)
- end (noun)
- hellion (noun)
- miscreant (noun)
- rear (noun)
- remainder (noun)
- remnant (noun)
- residue (noun)
- rest (noun)
- rogue (noun)
- scoundrel (noun)
- sneak (noun)
- troublemaker (noun)
- villain (noun)
- arm (verb)
- bring (verb)
- cant (verb)
- equip (verb)
- fetch (verb)
- haul (verb)
- hunt (verb)
- incline (verb)
- lean (verb)
- pack (verb)
- provide (verb)
- recline (verb)
- slant (verb)
- slope (verb)
- supply (verb)
- tag (verb)
- tilt (verb)
- tip (verb)
- transport (verb)
Synonyms for Heel:
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adj.
• contemptible- abhorrent ,
- abominable ,
- bad ,
- beggarly ,
- crass ,
- degenerate ,
- detestable ,
- dirty ,
- disgusting ,
- hateful ,
- ignominious ,
- inferior ,
- lowest ,
- pitiable ,
- unworthy .
- beastlier ,
- beastliest ,
- dis agreeable ,
- dis likable ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- dis-likable ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- in sufferable ,
- in-sufferable ,
- more dislikable ,
- more hateable ,
- most dislikable ,
- most hateable ,
- off color ,
- offcolor ,
- pain in neck ,
- pain neck ,
- pain the neck ,
- pillest ,
- re prehensible ,
- re-prehensible ,
- un pleasant ,
- un-pleasant .
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n.
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- bottom ,
- call off ,
- foundation ,
- lift .
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- armhole ,
- bib ,
- bodice ,
- breast pocket ,
- buttonhole ,
- care label ,
- coattails ,
- collar .
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- Birkenstock ,
- Brogues ,
- cleats ,
- clodhoppers ,
- clog ,
- cowboy boots ,
- crosstrainer ,
- deck shoe ,
- desert boot .
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- following ,
- in back of .
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- fix up .
- amateur ,
- beginner ,
- flunky ,
- greenhorn ,
- neophyte ,
- newcomer ,
- novitiate ,
- pupil ,
- rook ,
- starter ,
- student ,
- tenderfoot ,
- tyro .
- backslider ,
- bad guy ,
- blackguard ,
- criminal ,
- hog ,
- jezebel ,
- lecher ,
- malingerer ,
- pervert ,
- pig ,
- rapscallion ,
- rascal ,
- reprobate ,
- scamp ,
- shyster ,
- slattern ,
- slob ,
- swine ,
- traitor .
- NEBS ,
- NIBS ,
- borderline ,
- borderlines ,
- bound ,
- boundary ,
- butt end ,
- confine ,
- cusp ,
- deadline ,
- edge ,
- extent ,
- head ,
- limitation ,
- neb ,
- nib ,
- prong ,
- spire ,
- term ,
- terminal ,
- termination ,
- terminus ,
- top ,
- ultimate ,
- ultimates .
- in citer ,
- in citers ,
- in flamer ,
- in flamers ,
- in-citer ,
- in-citers ,
- in-flamer ,
- in-flamers ,
- inflamers ,
- mischief maker ,
- rabble rouser ,
- rabblerouser .
- male factor ,
- male factors ,
- male-factor ,
- male-factors ,
- out casts ,
- out-casts ,
- re probate ,
- re-probate ,
- re-probates .
- after part ,
- back end ,
- hind ,
- hind quarters ,
- hindquarters ,
- hinds ,
- posterns ,
- rear guard ,
- rearwards ,
- sterns ,
- tailpieces .
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v.
• arm • bring- bear ,
- carry ,
- chaperon ,
- conduct ,
- consort ,
- convey ,
- deliver ,
- escort ,
- gather ,
- guide ,
- lead ,
- lug ,
- pick up ,
- ride ,
- schlepp ,
- shoulder ,
- transfer ,
- truck ,
- usher .
- am sold for ,
- are sold for ,
- art sold for ,
- being sold for ,
- bringing to ,
- brings back ,
- brings to ,
- brought to ,
- draws forth ,
- drew forth ,
- is sold for ,
- pro duce ,
- pro duces ,
- pro-duces ,
- selling for ,
- sells for ,
- sold for ,
- was sold for ,
- wast sold for ,
- were sold for ,
- wert sold for .
- piggied back ,
- piggies back ,
- piggying back ,
- re move ,
- re moved ,
- re moving ,
- re-move ,
- re-moves ,
- re-moving .
- beat bushes ,
- birddog ,
- gave chase ,
- gives chase ,
- giving chase ,
- gunned for ,
- gunning for ,
- guns for ,
- scratched around ,
- scratches around ,
- scratching around .
- am off ,
- am slanted ,
- are slanted ,
- art slanted ,
- being off ,
- being slanted ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- fastened on ,
- fastening on ,
- fastens on ,
- is off ,
- is slanted ,
- over hang ,
- over hangs ,
- over-hang ,
- over-hanging ,
- over-hangs ,
- puts weight on ,
- putting weight on ,
- re pose ,
- re posed ,
- re posing ,
- re sting ,
- re-pose ,
- re-posed ,
- re-posing ,
- re-sting ,
- rested on ,
- rests on ,
- was off ,
- was slanted ,
- wast off ,
- wast slanted ,
- were off ,
- were slanted ,
- wert off ,
- wert slanted .
- be stow ,
- be stowed ,
- be stowing ,
- be stows ,
- be-stow ,
- be-stowed ,
- be-stowing ,
- be-stows ,
- fix with ,
- fixed up with ,
- fixed with ,
- fixes up with ,
- fixes with ,
- fixing up with ,
- fixing with ,
- fixt up with ,
- fixt with ,
- pre sent ,
- pre-sent ,
- pre-sents ,
- pro cure ,
- pro cured ,
- pro cures ,
- pro curing ,
- pro vide ,
- pro vided ,
- pro vides ,
- pro viding ,
- pro vision ,
- pro visioned ,
- pro visioning ,
- pro visions ,
- pro-cure ,
- pro-cured ,
- pro-cures ,
- pro-curing ,
- pro-vide ,
- pro-vided ,
- pro-vides ,
- pro-viding ,
- pro-vision ,
- pro-visioned ,
- pro-visioning ,
- pro-visions ,
- re plenish ,
- re plenished ,
- re plenishes ,
- re plenishing ,
- re-plenish ,
- re-plenished ,
- re-plenishes ,
- re-plenishing ,
- stocks up ,
- taking care of .
- am recumbent ,
- are recumbent ,
- art recumbent ,
- being recumbent ,
- is recumbent ,
- lays down ,
- re cline ,
- re clines ,
- re-cline ,
- re-clines ,
- stretching out ,
- was recumbent ,
- wast recumbent ,
- were recumbent ,
- wert recumbent .
- de scend ,
- de scended ,
- de scending ,
- de scends ,
- de-scend ,
- de-scended ,
- de-scending ,
- de-scends ,
- lay obliquely ,
- lied obliquely ,
- lies obliquely ,
- lying obliquely .
- Victualled ,
- came across with ,
- comes across with ,
- coming across with ,
- gave with ,
- gives with ,
- giving with ,
- kicked in ,
- kicking in ,
- kicks in ,
- ponied up ,
- ponying up .
- be dog ,
- be dogged ,
- be dogging ,
- be dogs ,
- be-dog ,
- be-dogged ,
- be-dogging ,
- be-dogs ,
- bedogged ,
- bedogging ,
- bedogs .
- set an angle ,
- set angle ,
- set at angle ,
- sets an angle ,
- sets angle ,
- sets at an angle ,
- sets at angle ,
- setting an angle ,
- setting angle ,
- setting at an angle ,
- setting at angle .
- Oversetting ,
- over sets ,
- over setting ,
- over turning ,
- over turns ,
- over-set ,
- over-sets ,
- over-setting ,
- over-turn ,
- over-turning ,
- oversets ,
- top pled ,
- toppled over ,
- topples over ,
- toppling over ,
- un load ,
- un loaded ,
- un loading ,
- un loads ,
- un-load ,
- un-loads ,
- up ended ,
- up ending ,
- up ends ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up turned ,
- up turning ,
- up turns ,
- up-ended ,
- up-ending ,
- up-ends ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting ,
- up-turn ,
- up-turned ,
- up-turning ,
- up-turns .
Other synonyms:
- bootlaces ,
- cat litter ,
- domesticate ,
- foot ,
- insole ,
- kennel ,
- kitty litter ,
- lay to ,
- litter ,
- mahout ,
- mistress ,
- overboard ,
- recondition ,
- refit ,
- renovate ,
- retouch ,
- shoelace ,
- toecap ,
- trainer .
- string .
- fix .
- ground .
- put out .
- point .
- come about ,
- gradient ,
- handler ,
- instep ,
- muzzle ,
- overhaul ,
- repair ,
- retread ,
- sew ,
- sew up ,
- shelter ,
- shoestring ,
- shove off ,
- spat ,
- stiletto ,
- yaw .
- pitch .
- service .
- plunge .
Other relevant words:
- Beetled ,
- Beveling ,
- Bevelled ,
- Bevelling ,
- Freighted ,
- Freighting ,
- Hawked ,
- Jagging ,
- MANS ,
- Manning ,
- Overset ,
- PREPS ,
- Propping ,
- Provisioned ,
- Provisioning ,
- Sheered ,
- Sheering ,
- Shelving ,
- Swagged ,
- Swagging ,
- arm ,
- be off ,
- be slanted ,
- be sold for ,
- bedog ,
- beetle ,
- beetles ,
- beetling ,
- bird dog ,
- bring ,
- bring back ,
- bring to ,
- bringing back ,
- brought back ,
- cant ,
- deck out ,
- decked out ,
- draw forth ,
- drawing forth ,
- drop away ,
- equalize ,
- equip ,
- fasten on ,
- feather nest ,
- feathered ,
- feathering ,
- ferry ,
- fetch ,
- fetching ,
- fit out ,
- fitted out ,
- fitting out ,
- fix up with ,
- fortify ,
- gear up ,
- geared up ,
- girt ,
- give chase ,
- give rise to ,
- gives rise to ,
- giving rise to ,
- grades ,
- grading ,
- groused ,
- grousing ,
- guard ,
- guarding ,
- gun for ,
- haul ,
- hawking ,
- heel up ,
- humped ,
- humping ,
- hunt ,
- incline ,
- lean ,
- leaning ,
- lie obliquely ,
- line nest ,
- list ,
- load up ,
- loaded up ,
- look after ,
- look for ,
- looked after ,
- looked for ,
- looking after ,
- looking for ,
- looks after ,
- looks for ,
- lug iron ,
- made ready ,
- make ready ,
- making ready ,
- manned ,
- over set ,
- over turn ,
- pack ,
- pack a rod ,
- piggy back ,
- prep ,
- prepped ,
- prepping ,
- provide ,
- put weight on ,
- rationed ,
- readies ,
- rest on ,
- resting on ,
- rod up ,
- scratch around ,
- sell for ,
- set at an angle ,
- sheers ,
- shlep ,
- slant ,
- slanting ,
- slope ,
- splay ,
- splaying ,
- splays ,
- stock up ,
- stocked up ,
- stocking up ,
- supply ,
- swag ,
- take care of ,
- takes care of ,
- tilt ,
- tilted ,
- tip ,
- took care of ,
- topple over ,
- transport ,
- trawl ,
- up set ,
- up turn ,
- upend ,
- upended ,
- upending ,
- upends ,
- upturning .
- Escorted ,
- Gunning ,
- Guns ,
- companioned ,
- companioning ,
- gun ,
- gunned ,
- import ,
- importing ,
- piggyback ,
- piggybacking ,
- piggybacks ,
- ridden ,
- take along .
- tag .
- ARBITRARY POWER ,
- Aliped ,
- Fulciment ,
- Heeling ,
- Heelpiece ,
- In Toto ,
- Leavings ,
- Light-legged ,
- Patte ,
- Pedes ,
- Stinkard ,
- Strapped ,
- Ungula ,
- abandon ,
- abject ,
- abscond ,
- absolutism ,
- absquatulate ,
- accouter ,
- achilles' soft spot ,
- achilles' weak point ,
- active ,
- afterpart ,
- afterpiece ,
- agile ,
- aid ,
- altogether ,
- andiron ,
- angle ,
- anvil ,
- appoint ,
- apprentice ,
- arch ,
- arrogate ,
- arse-hole ,
- ass-hole ,
- assume ,
- assumption ,
- at all points ,
- attend ,
- autocracy ,
- back ,
- back door ,
- back of the foot ,
- back seat ,
- back side ,
- balance ,
- banal ,
- bandage ,
- bar ,
- base ,
- bear off ,
- beast ,
- beat a retreat ,
- behind ,
- bend ,
- bet ,
- blighter ,
- blow ,
- bolt ,
- boom ,
- boot ,
- bounder ,
- branch ,
- break away ,
- breech ,
- bring up the rear ,
- broke ,
- brute force ,
- buffet ,
- bugger ,
- bully ,
- bum ,
- butt ,
- buzzard ,
- cad ,
- caitiff ,
- calcaneus ,
- careen ,
- cast-off ,
- catalogue ,
- change the bearing ,
- chase ,
- cheap ,
- check stub ,
- chinese water torture ,
- chuff ,
- churl ,
- clean ,
- click ,
- clown ,
- clubfoot ,
- coerce ,
- coercion ,
- come ,
- come after ,
- companion ,
- completely ,
- compute ,
- consider ,
- contemptible ,
- counter ,
- counter foil ,
- counterfoil ,
- counterpunch ,
- creep ,
- crumb ,
- crust ,
- cuff ,
- cur ,
- curve ,
- cushion ,
- cuss ,
- cut ,
- cut and run ,
- danger ,
- dastard ,
- deal hardly with ,
- decamp ,
- defenselessness ,
- depart ,
- depart from ,
- desert ,
- despicable ,
- despotism ,
- destitute ,
- detent ,
- detour ,
- deviate ,
- dictatorship ,
- digit ,
- digress ,
- dishonorable ,
- divagate ,
- divaricate ,
- diverge ,
- dog ,
- dog-iron ,
- domestic dog ,
- domineer ,
- domineering ,
- dowdy ,
- dress ,
- drudge ,
- effectually ,
- electric ,
- elope ,
- end ,
- enumerate ,
- escape ,
- expeditious ,
- exposure ,
- express ,
- extremity ,
- fag ,
- fantail ,
- fart ,
- fast ,
- fetlock ,
- firedog ,
- fit ,
- fit up ,
- flee ,
- fleet ,
- flit ,
- fly ,
- fly the coop ,
- flying ,
- follow ,
- forefoot ,
- forepaw ,
- forlorn hope ,
- frank ,
- frankfurter ,
- frump ,
- fully ,
- furnish ,
- galloping ,
- gear ,
- gild ,
- give no quarter ,
- go after ,
- go away ,
- go behind ,
- go home ,
- good-for-nothing ,
- grovel ,
- gybe ,
- harefoot ,
- hazard ,
- head and shoulders ,
- heart and soul ,
- heels ,
- hellion ,
- hind end ,
- hind part ,
- hindhead ,
- hock ,
- hollow ,
- hood ,
- hoof ,
- hooligan ,
- hopelessness ,
- hound ,
- hound dog ,
- human foot ,
- ignoble ,
- impoverished ,
- in all respects ,
- in every respect ,
- in straitened circumstances ,
- inflict ,
- inquisition ,
- insecurity ,
- insignificant ,
- instability ,
- iron hand ,
- iron heel ,
- iron maiden ,
- iron rule ,
- itemise ,
- itemize ,
- jeopardy ,
- jerk ,
- jigger ,
- jumper ,
- keel ,
- lap ,
- lay down ,
- lean over ,
- leaper ,
- levant ,
- liability ,
- lie along ,
- look ,
- look coldly upon ,
- louse ,
- lout ,
- low ,
- lowly ,
- lurch ,
- make off ,
- make oneself scarce ,
- man ,
- martial law ,
- meagre ,
- mean ,
- meanie ,
- mercurial ,
- miserable ,
- money ,
- monkey ,
- mother ,
- move behind ,
- munition ,
- neck and crop ,
- needy ,
- negligible ,
- nicely ,
- nimble ,
- obey ,
- obnoxious ,
- occiput ,
- odious ,
- on uppers ,
- oppress ,
- oppression ,
- outfit ,
- outrigger ,
- outright ,
- override ,
- pad ,
- paltry ,
- parry ,
- part company ,
- parts ,
- pastern ,
- paw ,
- pedal extremity ,
- penniless ,
- penurious ,
- peril ,
- pes ,
- pettifogging ,
- philanderer ,
- pied ,
- pill ,
- pitiful ,
- pivot ,
- play truant ,
- polecat ,
- poop ,
- poor ,
- posterior ,
- postern ,
- precariousness ,
- prepare ,
- prop ,
- pug ,
- pursue ,
- put about ,
- quick ,
- quite ,
- rack ,
- rake ,
- rapid ,
- rat ,
- rear ,
- rearward ,
- recapitulate ,
- reckon ,
- recline ,
- recount ,
- reheel ,
- reign of terror ,
- reject ,
- remainder ,
- remains ,
- remnant ,
- residual ,
- residue ,
- residuum ,
- rest ,
- retrace one's steps ,
- reverse ,
- rib ,
- ride roughshod over ,
- rig ,
- rig out ,
- rig up ,
- rind ,
- risk ,
- rod ,
- roll ,
- root and branch ,
- rotter ,
- round ,
- rudderpost ,
- run away ,
- run off ,
- run-down ,
- runaway ,
- scaly ,
- scapegrace ,
- scumbag ,
- scuzzball ,
- seedy ,
- shabby ,
- shadow ,
- sheer ,
- sheer off ,
- shift ,
- ship ,
- shit ,
- shithead ,
- shoe ,
- shoot through ,
- shore ,
- shuffle off ,
- sideboard ,
- skedaddle ,
- skid ,
- skunk ,
- slavish ,
- sleeper ,
- slip away ,
- slipperiness ,
- slovenly ,
- sneak off ,
- sneak out of ,
- so-and-so ,
- sob ,
- sod ,
- sordid ,
- sorry ,
- speedy ,
- spin ,
- splayfoot ,
- splint ,
- split ,
- sprit ,
- spur ,
- squalid ,
- staff ,
- stagger ,
- stand ,
- stark ,
- stay ,
- stern ,
- stilts ,
- stingy ,
- stinker ,
- stinkeroo ,
- stinkpot ,
- stirrup ,
- string along ,
- strong hand ,
- stub ,
- stumble ,
- stump ,
- submit ,
- support ,
- supporter ,
- sway ,
- swerve ,
- swift ,
- swing ,
- swivel ,
- tabulator ,
- tag after ,
- tag along ,
- tail ,
- tail end ,
- tailgate ,
- tailpiece ,
- take ,
- take a powder ,
- take flight ,
- take to flight ,
- telegraphic ,
- tell ,
- the full ,
- the utmost ,
- thumbscrew ,
- tight grasp ,
- tight hand ,
- toerag ,
- tootsy ,
- totally ,
- trample under foot ,
- trample upon ,
- tread under foot ,
- tree stump ,
- trend ,
- triangle ,
- trotter ,
- troublemaker ,
- truss ,
- turd ,
- turn ,
- turn around ,
- turn aside ,
- turn tail ,
- tyrannize ,
- tyranny ,
- underside ,
- undersurface ,
- ungenerous ,
- usurp ,
- usurpation ,
- utterly ,
- varlet ,
- varmint ,
- vary ,
- veer ,
- venture ,
- vile ,
- viper ,
- vulnerability ,
- vulnerable point ,
- wallow ,
- wear ,
- weigh ,
- wheel ,
- whirl ,
- wholly ,
- wiener ,
- wienerwurst ,
- winged ,
- wooden horse ,
- worm ,
- worthless ,
- wreak ,
- wretch ,
- wretched .
- Handing ,
- Victualed ,
- Victualing ,
- Victualling ,
- cater to ,
- catered to ,
- catering to ,
- caters to ,
- come across with ,
- come with ,
- give with ,
- handed ,
- ponies up ,
- pony up ,
- purvey ,
- supplying ,
- victual .
- Despisable ,
- Heeler ,
- Piller ,
- big mouth ,
- currish ,
- dislikable ,
- hateable ,
- low-down ,
- lowdown ,
- scummier ,
- scurvy ,
- swinish ,
- most inferior ,
- objectionable ,
- outcast ,
- sad ,
- scummy .
- Inflamer ,
- bottom of barrel ,
- carry over ,
- carry-over ,
- carryover ,
- carryovers ,
- dross ,
- end piece ,
- evildoer ,
- felon ,
- hangover ,
- heel ,
- hoodlums ,
- incorrigibles ,
- jailbird ,
- jailbirds ,
- knave ,
- loose cannon ,
- lowlife ,
- lowlifes ,
- mischiefmaker ,
- miscreant ,
- new kid on block ,
- oddment ,
- overplus ,
- probationer ,
- probationers ,
- recreants ,
- reptile ,
- reptiles ,
- residua ,
- residuals ,
- rogue ,
- scallywag ,
- scallywags ,
- scoundrel ,
- snake in grass ,
- sneak ,
- trickster ,
- uncaring of others bad egg ,
- villain ,
- yellow dog .
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How to use "Heel" in context?
Heels are a type of footwear that are worn on the feet, typically with a thin sole and a height that is higher than the lowest part of the shoe. Heels may be made of various materials, including metal, plastic, or wood.
Paraphrases for Heel:
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Proper noun, singular
achilles.
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Noun, singular or mass
counterfoil, foot, inclination, scoundrel, steepness.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Heel:
- he'll, heal.
Holonyms for Heel:
n.
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body
foot, human foot, pes.
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food
loaf of bread, loaf.
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body
Hyponym for Heel:
n.
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body
skeletal structure.
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body
v.
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contact
HIT.
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contact
Meronym for Heel:
n.
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artifact
lift.
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artifact
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turned-up
- Synonyms:
- dumpy, retrousse, blocky, chubby, podgy, pudgy, pug, retrousse, snub-nosed, squatty.
