a. | 1. | Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout. |
2. | Sullen or discontented. See 2nd dump{1}. |
Adj. | 1. | dumpy - short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" |
2. | dumpy - short and fat |