All lank synonyms
lank
L l adjective lank
- limp β to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame.
- lifeless β not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
- dull β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- thin β having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- floppy β tending to flop.
- emaciated β Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
- ethereal β Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.
- fleshless β Without flesh, lacking flesh.
adj lank
- attenuate β To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- beanpole β If you call someone a beanpole, you are criticizing them because you think that they are extremely tall and thin.
- cadaverous β If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- fragile β brittle
- gangling β to move awkwardly or ungracefully: A tall, stiff-jointed man gangled past.
- gangly β gangling.
- gaunt β extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
- haggard β having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops.
- lanky β ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt: a very tall and lanky man.
- lean β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- lightweight β light in weight.
- peaked β Also, on-peak. being at the point of maximum frequency, intensity, use, etc.; busiest or most active: Hotel rooms are most expensive during the peak travel seasons.
- pole β Reginald, 1500β58, English cardinal and last Roman Catholic archbishop of Canterbury.
- puny β of less than normal size and strength; weak.
- rangy β (of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.
- rarefied β extremely high or elevated; lofty; exalted: the rarefied atmosphere of a scholarly symposium.
- rawboned β having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- rickety β likely to fall or collapse; shaky: a rickety chair.
- scrawny β excessively thin; lean; scraggy: a long, scrawny neck.
- skeletal β of, relating to, or like a skeleton.
- skinny β very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
- slender β having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post.
- slim β slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
- slinky β characterized by or proceeding with slinking or stealthy movements.
- spindly β long or tall, thin, and usually frail: The colt wobbled on its spindly legs.
- twiggy β of, relating to, or resembling twigs.
- underweight β weighing less than is usual, required, or proper.
- wan β of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: His wan face suddenly flushed.
- weedy β full of or abounding in weeds.
- wizened β wizened.
- angular β Angular things have shapes that seem to contain a lot of straight lines and sharp points.
- attenuated β An attenuated object is unusually long and thin.
- beanstalk β the stem of a bean plant
- bony β Someone who has a bony face or bony hands, for example, has a very thin face or very thin hands, with very little flesh covering their bones.
- delicate β Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- featherweight β a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a bantamweight and a lightweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 126 pounds (57 kg).
- flesh β the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- meager β deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- narrow β of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- pinched β to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
- reedy β full of reeds: a reedy marsh.
- scraggy β lean or thin; scrawny.