Meanings
comparative more bulbous · superlative most bulbous
- Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
- Overweight and round in shape.
A neon cacophony hung only a few feet above their heads, the popping and buzzing of the lights only occasionally drowned out by the shouts of the barkers, bulbous men whose doughy fat strained at their sweat-stained t-shirts[…]
2002, Michael Bracken, All White Girls, page 9 - biologyGrowing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecurving outward
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinbulbosus
- Englishbulbous
From bulb + -ous or alteration of Latin bulbosus.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian издут, луковичен
- издут (izdut)having the shape of a bulb
- луковичен (lukovičen)growing from a bulb or producing bulbs
Catalan bulbós, bulbós
- bulbóshaving the shape of a bulb
- bulbósgrowing from a bulb or producing bulbs
French bulbeux, bulbeux
- bulbeuxhaving the shape of a bulb
- bulbeuxgrowing from a bulb or producing bulbs
Italian bulboso
- bulbosogrowing from a bulb or producing bulbs
Latin bulbosus
- bulbosusgrowing from a bulb or producing bulbs
Polish baniasty, bulwiasty
- baniastyhaving the shape of a bulb
- bulwiastyhaving the shape of a bulb
Portuguese bulboso
- bulbosogrowing from a bulb or producing bulbs
Spanish bulboso, bulboso
- bulbosohaving the shape of a bulb
- bulbosogrowing from a bulb or producing bulbs
Ukrainian випуклий, опуклий
- випуклий (vypuklyj)having the shape of a bulb
- опуклий (opuklyj)having the shape of a bulb
- цибулинний (cybulynnyj)growing from a bulb or producing bulbs
- цибулеподібний (cybulepodibnyj)growing from a bulb or producing bulbs
Cite this entry
bulbous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulbous
“bulbous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulbous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bulbous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulbous.
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