hulking

• Descreve uma pessoa ou coisa muito grande, pesada e frequentemente desajeitada, ou que impõe medo pelo tamanho. Pode ser usado para pessoas corpulentas e brutas ou para objetos enormes e maciços.

Describes a person or thing that is very large, heavy, and often clumsy or intimidating in size.

1. Large and heavyB2informal

   Describing someone or something that is very large, heavy, and often clumsy or imposing.

   Desengonçado

   • A hulking figure stood in the doorway, blocking the light.
   • The hulking truck barely fit through the narrow street.
   • He was a hulking man with broad shoulders and a deep voice.

   Sinônimosbulkyenormousheavyhugelumpishmassiveponderoustoweringunwieldy

   Antônimospetitepunyslightsmalltiny

2. Massive and unwieldyB2informal

   Used to describe an object that is extremely large and difficult to move or manage.

   Volumoso e desajeitado

   • They moved the hulking piece of furniture into the living room.
   • The hulking machinery took up most of the factory floor.
   • A hulking boulder blocked the mountain path.

   Sinônimosawkwardbulkyclunkycumbersomeheavymassiveponderousunwieldy

   Antônimosagilecompactmanageablenimbletiny

• Verbo arcaico que significa mover-se de forma pesada ou desajeitada, ou aparecer como uma massa grande e volumosa. Também é usado em contexto marítimo para descrever a remoção do casco de um navio.

An obsolete verb meaning to move heavily or clumsily, or to appear as a large, bulky mass. Also used in nautical contexts to describe removing the body of a ship.

1. To move in a heavy, clumsy wayB2informal

   To move or appear in a large, heavy, and often threatening manner.

   Mover-se pesadamente

   • The giant hulked through the narrow doorway.
   • He hulked his way across the room, bumping into furniture.
   • The truck hulked down the street, blocking traffic.

   Sinônimosclumplumberlurchplodstumptrundle

2. To loom or tower overB2informal

   To appear large and imposing, often in a way that is intimidating.

   Pairar sobre

   • The old factory hulked over the small town.
   • He hulked above the other players on the basketball court.
   • The mountain hulked in the distance, casting a long shadow.

   Sinônimosbulkdominateloomovershadowtower