full-bodied
full-bodied adjective: possessing a high degree of substance, richness, intensity or completeness.
Adjective
full-bodied (not comparable)
- Possessing a high degree of substance, richness, intensity or completeness.
- Of a comestible, especially a beverage, having a rich flavor.
- a full-bodied wine
- a full-bodied coffee
- Considered carefully from every aspect or in every detail; not missing any elements of analysis; thorough, robust.
- The entire cast is so adept at portraying full-bodied characters, especially the rather negative sides, that our attention is almost forced to gravitate to Evie as a central figure, if only because she is devoid of human meanness and foible.1988 December 25, Michael Bronski, “...And They Called It Puppy Love”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 24, page 8
- Smith delivers a moving, full-bodied depiction of a man who has been knocked loose from his moorings and is trying to claw back into his own life.2021 January 5, Ben Fountain, “Who Was Nick Before 'Gatsby'?”, in New York Times
full-bodied meaning in Malayalam
full-bodied in Malayalam
- flavourful, full-flavoured, flavoursome
- വാസനാസമ്പുഷ്ടമായ, ഗുണസമ്പുഷ്ടമായ, മണവും രുചിയുമുള്ള, വാസനയുള്ള, വാസനവരുത്തിയ, സംപുഷ്ടമായ
Synonyms of full-bodied
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Origin of full-bodied
From full + bodied.
Words formed from full-bodied
Phrases with full-bodied
Questions about full-bodied
- What does full-bodied mean?
- Full-bodied means possessing a high degree of substance, richness, intensity or completeness.
- What is full-bodied in Malayalam?
- Full-bodied in Malayalam is വാസനാസമ്പുഷ്ടമായ, ഗുണസമ്പുഷ്ടമായ, മണവും രുചിയുമുള്ള. See Full-bodied meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is full-bodied?
- Full-bodied is an adjective.
Words near full-bodied in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: full-bodied (page history and authors); full-bodied (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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