All weedy synonyms
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W w 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, 1500β58, 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.