Hulking
adjective
Being very large and heavy.
A hulking figure was standing in the doorway.
Often appears as...
- hulking figure
- hulking beast
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Strong and frightening.
He was a hulking brute who solved his problems with his fists.
Often appears as...
- hulking brute
- hulking menace
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Being very large and heavy.
A hulking figure was standing in the doorway.
Often appears as...
- hulking figure
- hulking beast
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Strong and frightening.
He was a hulking brute who solved his problems with his fists.
Often appears as...
- hulking brute
- hulking menace
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Size Emphasis
Use it to emphasize the large size of an object, often to the point of being unwieldy.
The hulking wardrobe barely fit through the bedroom door.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Literal
Can describe an abstract concept that feels large and dominating.
The project loomed like a hulking shadow over the team.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Often implies that the large size is cumbersome or unwelcome.
The hulking machine took up too much space.
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bigbulkyenormousheftyimposelargemassiveponderous
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Video examples
The Strange Tail of...
find a little piece of bone you're not sure if it's bone one of the things you can do and you will do that is stick your tongue on it so if it sticks your sticks spawn yeah the bones they hope to be licking once supported the hulking body of a dinosaur called spinosaurus
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Liz Diller: A giant...
It's hulking, it's silent, it's cloistered, it's arrogant, it's a design challenge. Architects love to hate it. One redeeming feature is it's lifted up off the ground and it's got this void, and it's got an empty core kind of in the spirit and that facade
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A giant bubble for...
it's hulking its silent its cloistered its arrogant it's a design challenge architects love to hate it a one redeeming feature is its lifted up off the ground and it's got this void and it's God an empty core kind of in the
Video examples
The Strange Tail of...
find a little piece of bone you're not sure if it's bone one of the things you can do and you will do that is stick your tongue on it so if it sticks your sticks spawn yeah the bones they hope to be licking once supported the hulking body of a dinosaur called spinosaurus
Video examples
Liz Diller: A giant...
It's hulking, it's silent, it's cloistered, it's arrogant, it's a design challenge. Architects love to hate it. One redeeming feature is it's lifted up off the ground and it's got this void, and it's got an empty core kind of in the spirit and that facade
Video examples
A giant bubble for...
it's hulking its silent its cloistered its arrogant it's a design challenge architects love to hate it a one redeeming feature is its lifted up off the ground and it's got this void and it's God an empty core kind of in the
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Quote examples
Cornelia Parker
English Artist
I went to a quite macho art school in the 1970s, and while everyone was making hulking big sculptures, I was making things out of bits of paper.
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Rhianna Pratchett
English Designer
I went to karate classes where it was basically a line-up of hulking man, hulking man, small nine-year-old girl, hulking man, hulking man.
Quote examples
Cornelia Parker
English Artist
I went to a quite macho art school in the 1970s, and while everyone was making hulking big sculptures, I was making things out of bits of paper.
Quote examples
Rhianna Pratchett
English Designer
I went to karate classes where it was basically a line-up of hulking man, hulking man, small nine-year-old girl, hulking man, hulking man.
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