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单词 hulking
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hulking

adjective

hulk·​ing ˈhəl-kiŋ How to pronounce hulking (audio)
: ponderous, massive
a hulking wrestler

Synonyms

  • big
  • biggish
  • boxcar
  • bulky
  • considerable
  • goodly
  • grand
  • great
  • handsome
  • hefty
  • husky
  • large
  • largish
  • outsize
  • outsized
  • oversize
  • oversized
  • sizable
  • sizeable
  • substantial
  • tidy
  • voluminous
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Example Sentences

A hulking figure appeared in the doorway. a heavy, hulking stone blocked the way
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Word History

First Known Use

1698, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

hulking

adjective

hulk·​ing ˈhəl-kiŋ How to pronounce hulking (audio)
: very large or heavy

hulking

adjective

1
as in large
of a size greater than average of its kind a heavy, hulking stone blocked the way

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • large
  • sizable
  • handsome
  • big
  • substantial
  • considerable
  • huge
  • gigantic
  • oversize
  • colossal
  • bulky
  • oversized
  • tidy
  • great
  • massive
  • husky
  • enormous
  • staggering
  • mammoth
  • outsize
  • hefty
  • voluminous
  • excessive
  • vast
  • outsized
  • largish
  • gargantuan
  • boxcar
  • grand
  • sizeable
  • titanic
  • tremendous
  • elephantine
  • humongous
  • monstrous
  • cyclopean
  • cavernous
  • monolithic
  • goodly
  • leviathan
  • spacious
  • mountainous
  • immense
  • biggish
  • extravagant
  • ample
  • super
  • jumbo
  • monumental
  • prodigious
  • humungous
  • astronomical
  • major
  • supersized
  • cosmic
  • walloping
  • heroic
  • whacking
  • stupendous
  • galactic
  • herculean
  • whopping
  • thick
  • king-sized
  • vasty
  • Bunyanesque
  • pharaonic
  • gross
  • astronomic
  • inordinate
  • Brobdingnagian
  • plentiful
  • copious
  • exorbitant
  • bumper
  • extreme
  • abundant
  • hellacious
  • super-duper
  • heroical
  • king-size
  • capacious
  • immoderate
  • appreciable
  • roomy
  • fat
  • commodious
  • Himalayan
  • cosmical

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • small
  • dwarf
  • puny
  • smallish
  • dwarfish
  • undersized
  • dinky
  • little
  • undersize
  • diminutive
  • shrimpy
  • tiny
  • miniature
  • bantam
  • microscopic
  • mini
  • minuscule
  • pygmy
  • teeny
  • infinitesimal
  • teensy
  • wee
  • slender
  • microscopical
  • pint-sized
  • petite
  • thin
  • little bitty
  • pint-size
  • minute
  • slight
  • microminiature
  • slim
  • pocket-sized
  • Lilliputian
  • half-pint
  • pocket-size
  • teeny-weeny
  • teensy-weensy
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2
as in burly
strongly and heavily built several hulking shot putters waited outside the throwing circle for their turn in the competition

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • burly
  • beefy
  • brawny
  • athletic
  • husky
  • powerful
  • mighty
  • muscular
  • hefty
  • stout
  • mesomorphic
  • sturdy
  • strong
  • rugged
  • sinewy
  • muscle-bound
  • strapping
  • stocky
  • solid
  • heavyset
  • heavy
  • thickset
  • stalwart
  • pudgy
  • squat
  • robust
  • herculean
  • squatty
  • chunky
  • chubby
  • dumpy
  • tubby
  • portly
  • compact
  • lumpish
  • able-bodied
  • roly-poly
  • podgy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • slender
  • thin
  • lean
  • willowy
  • lanky
  • slight
  • svelte
  • lightweight
  • light
  • scrawny
  • slim
  • bony
  • gaunt
  • skinny
  • weedy
  • gawky
  • wiry
  • scraggy
  • spare
  • stringy
  • reedy
  • gangling
  • sylphlike
  • waspish
  • twiggy
  • spidery
  • gangly
  • puny
  • frail
  • feeble
  • weak
  • fragile
  • emaciated
  • boney
  • delicate
  • wimpy
  • effete
  • debilitated
  • infirm
  • enfeebled
  • weakly
  • unathletic
  • enervated
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