Top Definitions
Quiz
Examples

stoutish

[ stou-tish ]

/ ˈstaʊ tɪʃ /

Save This Word!

adjective

rather stout.

QUIZ

TAKE JOY IN ACING THIS QUIZ ON “PRIDE” SYNONYMS

Hold your head up high as you embark on this quiz that explores some of the synonyms and meanings of “pride.”

Question 1 of 7

What does "dignity" mean?

showing self-respect

treating others with kindness

acting selfishly

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of stoutish

First recorded in 1825–35; stout + -ish¹

Words nearby stoutish

Stourhead, stoush, stout, stouten, stout-hearted, stoutish, stove, stove bolt, stove coal, stove enamel, stovepipe

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022

How to use stoutish in a sentence

The leader, a stoutish young man of good appearance, had put the usual questions and received the usual answers.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Sven Hedin
As he went in the yard he seen a stoutish man liftin' a bar'l of flour in a waggin.
Out of the Hurly-Burly|Charles Heber Clark
The fronds may be moved into a portfolio formed of sheets of stoutish paper.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
A stoutish, neatly dressed gentleman with a gray moustache looked like Mr. Howells, and he thrilled again.
Shandygaff|Christopher Morley

The women who lounge here are generally stoutish and slatternly, with few clothes on, but plenty of frowzy hair.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867|Various