hulking

/'hʌlkiɳ/

Thân thiện

A hulking truck slowly drives down the narrow country road.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Very large, heavy, and often clumsy or awkward in appearance: Describes something or someone of massive size and bulk, typically implying a lack of grace or elegance due to its dimensions.

Usage

• The adjective "hulking" is used attributively (before a noun) to emphasize the imposing, often cumbersome, size of an object or person.
• It carries a slightly negative connotation, suggesting something is unwieldy, bulky, or overly massive.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • A hulking figure emerged from the shadows.
  • They live in a hulking old mansion on the hill.
  • The hulking machinery took up most of the factory floor.

Advanced Usage

• "hulking great/massive": An informal, emphatic form used for added intensity.
  • He was carrying a hulking great suitcase.

Variants and Related Words

• Hulk (noun): A very large, heavy, or clumsy person or thing; also, the body of an old ship.
  • The old warehouse was a dark hulk on the waterfront.
• Hulky (adjective): A less common variant with the same meaning as "hulking."

Synonyms

• Massive: Large and heavy or solid.
• Bulky: Taking up much space, typically inconveniently.
• Unwieldy: Difficult to carry or move because of its size, shape, or weight.
• Gigantic: Of very great size or extent.
• Colossal: Extremely large.

Antonyms

• Petite: (Especially of a woman) attractively small and dainty.
• Compact: Closely and neatly packed together; small.
• Slender: Gracefully thin.
• Diminutive: Extremely or unusually small.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of great size and bulk
   • a hulking figure of a man
   • three hulking battleships

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hulky