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| Main Entry: | scrawny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhealthily thin |
| Synonyms: | angular, bony, gaunt, lanky, lean, rawboned, skinny, spare, underweight, lank, scraggy, skeletal, skin-and-bones, undernourished |
| Antonyms: | chubby, fat, healthy, plump |
| Main Entry: | emaciated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | undernourished; thin |
| Synonyms: | anorexic, attenuate, bony, cadaverous, consumptive, famished, gaunt, haggard, lean, meager, peaked, scrawny, skinny, starved, underfed, wasted, wizened, atrophied, attenuated, lank, like a bag of bones, pinched, skeletal, skeletonlike, skin-and-bones, thin as rail |
| Antonyms: | fat, heavy, overweight, plump, overnourished |
| Main Entry: | gaunt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skinny |
| Synonyms: | angular, anorexic, bare, bleak, bony, cadaverous, desolate, dismal, dreary, emaciated, forbidding, forlorn, grim, haggard, harsh, lean, meager, peaked, rawboned, scrawny, skeleton, spare, thin, wasted, attenuated, lank, like a bag of bones, peaky, pinched, scraggy, skeletal, skin and bones |
| Antonyms: | plump, thick, well-nourished |
| Main Entry: | haggard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn, weakened |
| Synonyms: | ashen, drawn, emaciated, exhausted, faded, fatigued, gaunt, ghastly, lean, pale, pallid, scrawny, shrunken, skinny, spare, starved, thin, tired, wan, wasted, weak, wrinkled, careworn, fagged, fretted, lank, pinched, scraggy, wearied, worn-down |
| Antonyms: | fresh, healthy, hearty, strong, unworn |
| Main Entry: | lanky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tall and thin |
| Synonyms: | angular, beanpole*, bony, gangling, gaunt, lean, meager, rangy, rawboned, scrawny, slender, spare, spindly, stringy, attenuated, beanstalk, broomstick, extenuated, gangly, scraggy, spindling, stilt, twiggy, weedy |
| Antonyms: | squat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bare, thin |
| Synonyms: | angular, anorexic, barren, beanpole*, bony, emaciated, gangling, gaunt, haggard, inadequate, infertile, lanky, meager, pitiful, poor, rangy, rawboned, scanty, scrawny, shadow*, sinewy, skinny, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stick, stringy, svelte, unfruitful, unproductive, wasted, wiry, wizened, worn, gangly, lank, no fat, scraggy, stilt, sylphlike, twiggy |
| Notes: | lean means thin or without excess fat or containing little excess, while a lien is the right to take or sell another's property if an obligation is not met |
| Antonyms: | fat, plump |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | skinny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very thin |
| Synonyms: | angular, bony, emaciated, gaunt, lanky, lean, rawboned, scrawny, slender, spare, underweight, lank, like a rail, malnourished, scraggy, skeletal, skin-and-bone, twiggy, undernourished |
| Antonyms: | chubby, fat, heavy, large, overweight, plump, thick |
| Main Entry: | underweight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin |
| Synonyms: | angular, bony, puny, scrawny, shadow, skeleton*, skinny, starved, undersized, anorectic, gangly, malnourished, skin and bones, stringbean, undernourished |
| Antonyms: | chubby, fat, overweight, plump, thick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine, light, slender |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, beanpole*, bony*, cadaverous, delicate, emaciated, ethereal, fragile, gangling, gaunt, haggard, lanky, lean, lightweight, meager, narrow, peaked, pole*, puny*, rangy, rarefied, rawboned, rickety, scrawny, shadow, skinny, slight, slim, slinky, small, spare, spindly, starved, stick*, subtle, threadlike, underweight, wan, wasted, wizened, attenuated, beanstalk, featherweight, gangly, lank, pinched, reedy, scraggy, shriveled, skeletal, stalky, stilt, twiggy, twiglike, undernourished |
| Antonyms: | dense, fat, heavy, inflated, obese, thick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wasted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | emaciated |
| Synonyms: | anorexic, bony, famished, gaunt, haggard, lean, scrawny, skinny, starved, thin, underfed, withered, atrophied, attenuated, lank, shrivelled, skeletal, skin-and-bones, undernourished |
| Main Entry: | angular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin, especially referring to people |
| Synonyms: | awkward, bony, gangling, gaunt, lanky, lean, rangy, rawboned, scrawny, sharp, skinny, spare, lank |
| Antonyms: | fat, heavy, thick, weighted |
| Main Entry: | meager |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very thin |
| Synonyms: | angular, bare, beanpole*, bony, emaciated, gangling, gaunt, hungry, lacking, lanky, lean, lithe, little, narrow, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, starved, stunted, tenuous, underfed, wanting, willowy, withered, beanstalk, broomstick, gangly, lank, rattleboned, scraggy, skin and bones, stinted |
| Antonyms: | big, fat, full, large, wide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin; sparse |
| Synonyms: | angular, bony, economical, exiguous, frugal, gaunt, lanky, lean, meager, modest, poor, rangy, rawboned, scanty, scrawny, shadow, skimpy, skinny, slender, slight, slim, sparing, stick, stingy, wiry, lank, scant, scraggy, stilt |
| Antonyms: | fat, thick |
| Main Entry: | bony |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin |
| Synonyms: | anorexic, emaciated, gaunt, lean, scrawny, skinny, underweight |
| Antonyms: | beefy, fat, heavy, overweight, plump |
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