musclebound

See also: muscle-bound

English

Alternative forms

• muscle-bound

Etymology

muscle +‎ bound

Adjective

musclebound (comparative more musclebound, superlative most musclebound)

1. Having pronounced muscle development through weightlifting, bodybuilding, or other physical exercise.
   • 1981, “Musclebound”, in Journeys to Glory, performed by Spandau Ballet:

     Work til you're musclebound all night long / Gotta work til you're musclebound all night long

2. (derogatory) Having excessive muscle (sometimes with implications of correspondingly inferior intellect).
3. (figuratively) Ungainly as a result of muscle over-development.

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: мускулест (bg) (muskulest)
• French: raide (fr), aux muscles hypertrophiés
• German: (colloquial) muskelbepackt (de), muskulös (de)
• Polish: muskularny (pl)
• Romanian: mătăhălos (ro)
• Spanish: fornido (es) m, cuadrado (es) m, cachas (es) m, excesivamente musculoso m
• Welsh: gorgyhyrog

See also

• musclesome