fatness

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Thân thiện

She consulted a nutritionist about her concerns regarding fatness.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The state or condition of having an excessive amount of body fat; corpulence; obesity. It refers to the physical quality of being overweight or having a plump physique.
   • (Less common) The quality of being rich, abundant, or fertile. This sense is often applied metaphorically to things like soil or prose.

Usage

• The word "fatness" is a formal or neutral term for the condition of being fat. It is often used in medical, biological, or descriptive contexts.
• It can carry a negative connotation when describing people, similar to "obesity," and should be used with sensitivity.
• The second meaning (richness, fertility) is literary and less frequent in everyday use.

Examples

• Primary Meaning (Excessive Body Weight):
  • The doctor warned him about the health risks associated with his increasing fatness.
  • Studies examine the genetic factors contributing to fatness.
• Secondary Meaning (Richness, Fertility):
  • The fatness of the river valley soil allowed for abundant crops. (Literary/Descriptive)

Advanced Usage

• "The fatness of the land": A biblical or literary phrase denoting prosperity and abundance.
  • They moved west hoping to enjoy the fatness of the land.

Variants and Related Words

• Fat (adj/n): Having much flesh; plump. / A natural oily substance in animal bodies.
• Obesity (n): A more clinical term for the condition of being grossly fat or overweight.
• Corpulence (n): Formal synonym for fatness, especially in a large, bulky body.
• Adiposity (n): Technical term for the state of being fat, relating to adipose (fat) tissue.
• Plumpness (n): The quality of being full and rounded in a generally pleasing or healthy way; often a softer, less critical term than "fatness."

Synonyms

• Corpulence
• Obesity
• Plumpness (can be less negative)
• Chubbiness (often used for children, less formal)
• Heaviness

Antonyms

• Thinness
• Slimness
• Leanness
• Slenderness

Related Phrases/Idioms

• "To live off the fat of the land": To live in luxury or abundance. (Note: This idiom uses "fat," not "fatness," but is conceptually related to the secondary meaning of richness.)
  • After years of hard work, they retired to a farm to live off the fat of the land.

Học thuật

Noun

1. excess bodily weight
   • she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others

Từ đồng nghĩa

• fat
• blubber
• avoirdupois