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[ muhs-kyuh-ler ] / ˈmʌs kyə lər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR muscular ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain. dependent on or affected by the muscles: muscular strength. having well-developed muscles; brawny. vigorously and forcefully expressed, executed, performed, etc., as if by the use of a great deal of muscular power: a muscular response to terrorism. broad and energetic, especially with the implication that subtlety and grace are lacking: a muscular style. reflected in physical activity and work: a muscular religion. Informal. having or showing power; powerful: a muscular vehicle. Origin of muscular1675–85; <Latin mūscul(us) muscle + -ar1 SYNONYMS FOR muscular3 sinewy; strong, powerful; stalwart, sturdy. SEE SYNONYMS FOR muscular ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM muscularmus·cu·lar·i·ty, nounmus·cu·lar·ly, adverbin·ter·mus·cu·lar, adjectivein·ter·mus·cu·lar·ly, adverb in·ter·mus·cu·lar·i·ty, nounnon·mus·cu·lar, adjectivenon·mus·cu·lar·ly, adverbpost·mus·cu·lar, adjectivesub·mus·cu·lar, adjectivesub·mus·cu·lar·ly, adverbun·mus·cu·lar, adjectiveun·mus·cu·lar·ly, adverb Words nearby muscularmuscone, muscovado, Muscovite, Muscovy, Muscovy duck, muscular, muscular anesthesia, muscular asthenopia, muscular dystrophy, muscularis, muscularity Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for muscularWhat these men do have is a muscular hold on popular disgust with religious extremism. Karen Armstrong’s New Rule: Religion Isn’t Responsible for Violence|Patricia Pearson|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the first, we met two muscular young men, almost naked and smeared with a blood-like substance. Sex, Blood, and Screaming: Blackout’s Dark Frights|Tim Teeman|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST He landed on his hands and feet like some huge, muscular cat. The Flying New York Fireman Who Shined on 9/11|Michael Daly|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Square-jawed and muscular—in snapshots he looks like Channing Tatum in camo—Gibbs seemed to fit the mold of the ideal soldier. ‘Kill Team’: The Documentary the Army Doesn’t Want You to See|Andrew Romano|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Turns out, the drug may help sufferers of a rare and deadly form of muscular dystrophy. Viagra Promising for Muscular Dystrophy Patients|Emily Shire|May 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Her finely-rounded, supple, muscular figure trembled, as if she had been the most fragile woman living. The Fallen Leaves|Wilkie Collins He thought he should like to go into the army, for he was athletic, and rejoiced in feats of muscular strength. For the Term of His Natural Life|Marcus Clarke But now the muscular arm was brushed aside like straw and the Irakzai moved toward the stair, treading jerkily and mechanically. The People of the Black Circle|Robert E. Howard And his throat was compressed in those brown, lean, muscular fingers, as in a claw of steel. The Sign of the Spider|Bertram Mitford The bivalves are all aquatic, and many bury themselves in the sand or mud by means of a fleshy, muscular foot. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils|Peter Gray
British Dictionary definitions for muscular
adjectivehaving well-developed muscles; brawny of, relating to, or consisting of muscle Derived forms of muscularmuscularity (ˌmʌskjʊˈlærɪtɪ), nounmuscularly, adverbWord Origin for muscularC17: from New Latin muscularis, from musculus muscle Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to muscularsinewy, burly, vigorous, sturdy, athletic, powerful, brawny, stout, robust, strapping, wiry, able-bodied, fibrous, hefty, husky, lusty, mighty, stalwart, stringy, strong Medical definitions for muscular
adj.Of, relating to, or consisting of muscle. Having or characterized by well-developed muscles. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |