jowlier; jowliest
: having marked jowls : having full or saggy flesh about the lower cheeks and jaw area
elderly man with a disillusioned jowly face—
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One notable exception is the disgusting jowly blob who hits on Michiel Huisman’s hot farmer Gunnar in a spaceport dive bar full of mercenaries, thugs and freaks, which might invite charges of homophobia if anyone were silly enough to take Rebel Moon seriously.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
There was something kitschy about the right-wing appropriation of Smith, as the jowly profile of the eighteenth-century economist became a logo for the movement.
—Kim Phillips-Fein, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2023
Benito Mussolini is a jowly thug, while Emperor Hirohito has yellow skin, buck teeth and slanted eyes.
—Marilyn Chase, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2022
Daybell was a jowly, potbellied man with an awkward, quiet demeanor, who gave off the air of a person who was deeply unsure of himself.
—Leah Sottile, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2022
Acting nods will likely prove elusive, though, unless voters can’t shake the image of a jowly, naked Stellan Skarsgård from their memory banks.
—Glenn Whipp Entertainment Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021
Hifter is a 77-year-old military veteran with a broad chest and a jowly face who took part in the 1969 coup that brought Muammar el-Qaddafi to power.
—New York Times, 30 July 2021
In fact his jowly appearance and blue eyes have often drawn comparisons to his late grandfather.
—Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, 29 Apr. 2021
Batman, played by a jowly and half-sedated Ben Affleck, is going around the world looking for a team of superheroes to fight an existential menace.
—The New Republic Staff, The New Republic, 19 Mar. 2021
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
There was something kitschy about the right-wing appropriation of Smith, as the jowly profile of the eighteenth-century economist became a logo for the movement.
—Kim Phillips-Fein, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2023
Benito Mussolini is a jowly thug, while Emperor Hirohito has yellow skin, buck teeth and slanted eyes.
—Marilyn Chase, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2022
Daybell was a jowly, potbellied man with an awkward, quiet demeanor, who gave off the air of a person who was deeply unsure of himself.
—Leah Sottile, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2022
Acting nods will likely prove elusive, though, unless voters can’t shake the image of a jowly, naked Stellan Skarsgård from their memory banks.
—Glenn Whipp Entertainment Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021
Hifter is a 77-year-old military veteran with a broad chest and a jowly face who took part in the 1969 coup that brought Muammar el-Qaddafi to power.
—New York Times, 30 July 2021
In fact his jowly appearance and blue eyes have often drawn comparisons to his late grandfather.
—Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, 29 Apr. 2021
Batman, played by a jowly and half-sedated Ben Affleck, is going around the world looking for a team of superheroes to fight an existential menace.
—The New Republic Staff, The New Republic, 19 Mar. 2021
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“Jowly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jowly. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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