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muscular
[ muhs-kyuh-ler ]
adjective
muscular strain.
- dependent on or affected by the muscles:
muscular strength.
- having well-developed muscles; brawny.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- 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.
muscular
/ ˈmʌskjʊlə; ˌmʌskjʊˈlærɪtɪ /
adjective
- having well-developed muscles; brawny
- of, relating to, or consisting of muscle
Derived Forms
- ˈܱܲ, adverb
- muscularity, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲc·i·ٲ noun
- ܲc·· adverb
- t·ܲc· adjective
- inter·ܲc·· adverb
- inter·ܲc·i·ٲ noun
- ԴDz·ܲc· adjective
- non·ܲc·· adverb
- Dz·ܲc· adjective
- ܲ·ܲc· adjective
- sub·ܲc·· adverb
- ܲ·ܲc· adjective
- un·ܲc·· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of muscular1
Example Sentences
On Wednesday, Murs shared a photo of a Daily Mail article dissecting his transformation from having a "huggable dad bod" to a more muscular physique.
“The cut’s deep. The doctor here basically told me if I wasn’t so muscular, I might be dead or paralyzed,” Pham told reporters a few months later at spring training.
If I avoid looking into a mirror and take a bite, I am my nineteen year old self — sun bleached locks framing my face, leaner and more muscular — always somewhere close to a water’s edge.
It was a stance that the Rev. Munther Isaac, a Lutheran pastor in Bethlehem, saw as a counterweight to the muscular brand of conservative Christianity increasingly dominating U.S. discourse on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
That was the muscular foreign policy promoted by the cold warriors and neoconservatives.
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