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What is the adjective for protuberating?

What's the adjective for protuberating? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb protuberate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

protuberant
  1. Swelling or bulging outward.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bulging, protruding, projecting, jutting, prominent, swollen, bulbous, protrusive, proud, swelling, distended, convex, excrescent, obtrusive, gibbous, beetling, humped, bulgy, popping, outjutting, sticking out, jutting out, hanging over, extended, bloated, salient, standing out, overhanging, expanded, extrusive, protrudent, extending, curving outward, peninsular, elevated, raised, embossed, intrusive, thrusting, overlapping, exsertile, conspicuous, extruding, prognathous, hilly, shooting out, hanging out, ovoid, tumid, pear-shaped … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He was a short, balding man who was fairly thin, except for his quite large and protuberant beer belly.”
      “My fluffy white pillow was uncomfortably protuberant and I couldn't sleep all night.”
      “When this rounded contour appears to be greater than normal, the abdomen is said to be bulging or protuberant.”
protuberantial
  1. (anatomy) Relating to a protuberance.
protuberous
  1. protuberant
protuberated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of protuberate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. protruded, jutted, projected, poked, extruded, pouched, swelled, swoll, swollen, ballooned, distended, bagged, beetled, bellied, billowed, blobbed, bilged, bloated, dilated, enlarged, expanded, overhung, stuck out, bugged out, popped out, stood out, puffed out, bulged, extended, pouted, jutted out, bulged out, poked out, pooched, obtruded, started, bunched, loomed, extended beyond, popped, impended, hung out, swelled out, pointed, lengthened, hung over, beetled over, loomed out, cast a shadow, stuck up … more
protuberating
  1. present participle of protuberate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. protruding, jutting, projecting, poking, extruding, pouching, swelling, ballooning, distending, bagging, beetling, bellying, billowing, blobbing, bilging, bloating, dilating, enlarging, expanding, overhanging, sticking out, bugging out, popping out, standing out, puffing out, bulging, extending, pouting, jutting out, bulging out, poking out, pooching, obtruding, starting, bunching, looming, extending beyond, popping, impending, hanging out, swelling out, pointing, lengthening, hanging over, beetling over, butting out, pooching out, pouching out, sticking up, looming out … more
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