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All weedy synonyms

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adjective weedy

  • weak β€” not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
  • puny β€” of less than normal size and strength; weak.
  • thin β€” having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
  • scraggy β€” lean or thin; scrawny.
  • feeble β€” physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
  • frail β€” having delicate health; not robust; weak: My grandfather is rather frail now.
  • angular β€” Angular things have shapes that seem to contain a lot of straight lines and sharp points.
  • attenuate β€” To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
  • attenuated β€” An attenuated object is unusually long and thin.
  • beanpole β€” If you call someone a beanpole, you are criticizing them because you think that they are extremely tall 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.
  • cadaverous β€” If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
  • delicate β€” Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • fleshless β€” Without flesh, lacking flesh.
  • 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.
  • lank β€” (of plants) unduly long and slender: lank grass; lank, leafless trees.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • pinched β€” to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
  • pole β€” Reginald, 1500–58, English cardinal and last Roman Catholic archbishop of Canterbury.
  • 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.
  • reedy β€” full of reeds: a reedy marsh.
  • rickety β€” likely to fall or collapse; shaky: a rickety chair.
  • scrawny β€” excessively thin; lean; scraggy: a long, scrawny neck.
  • shadow β€” a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • 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.
  • slight β€” small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
  • slim β€” slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
  • slinky β€” characterized by or proceeding with slinking or stealthy movements.
  • small β€” of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little: a small box.
  • spare β€” to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
  • spindly β€” long or tall, thin, and usually frail: The colt wobbled on its spindly legs.
  • stalky β€” abounding in stalks.
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