muscled

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈmʌsəld/ UK /ˈmʌsəld/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
having well-developed muscles; brawny

The heavily muscled wrestler lifted his opponent with ease.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · having well-developed... brawny muscular sinewy burly strapping beefy sturdy

Opposites

scrawny weak puny flabby

Word family

Related forms muscle muscularmuscly

Etymology

From muscle (from Latin musculus, 'little mouse', diminutive of mus, 'mouse', so named because a flexing muscle was thought to resemble a moving mouse) plus the adjectival suffix -ed.

musculus Latin mus Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# muscled

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈmʌsəld/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmʌsəld/

## Meanings
1. having well-developed muscles; brawny

## Examples
- The heavily muscled wrestler lifted his opponent with ease.

## Synonyms
- brawny
- muscular
- sinewy
- burly
- strapping
- beefy
- sturdy

## Antonyms
- scrawny
- weak
- puny
- flabby

## Related Forms
- muscle
- muscular
- muscly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: musculus
- Root: mus

## Etymology
From muscle (from Latin musculus, 'little mouse', diminutive of mus, 'mouse', so named because a flexing muscle was thought to resemble a moving mouse) plus the adjectival suffix -ed.

## AI Etymology
Muscled comes from muscle (from Latin musculus, 'little mouse', diminutive of mus, 'mouse', so named because a flexing muscle was thought to resemble a moving mouse) plus the adjectival suffix -ed. The etymological trail includes Latin musculus, Latin mus. The same word family includes muscle, muscular, muscly. Its current adjective use means "having well-developed muscles; brawny".

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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