ETYM Latin angularis, from angulus angle, corner. Related to Angle.
1. Having angles or an angular shape; SYN. angulate.
2. Measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle.
ETYM Latin attenuatus, p. p.
Reduced in strength; SYN. attenuated, faded, weakened.
1. Lacking strength; SYN. nerveless.
2. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; SYN. lame.
ETYM Latin flaccidus, from flaccus flabby: cf. Old Fren. flaccide.
Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; SYN. lax, limp, slack.
Flabby.
ETYM Latin frugalis, from frugi, lit., for fruit; hence, fit for food, useful, proper, temperate, the dative of frux, frugis, fruit, akin to Eng. fruit: cf. French frugal. Related to Fruit.
Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; thrifty; economical.
ETYM Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. gwan weak.
Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim.
ETYM French hagard; of German origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. Related to Hedge, Haw, and -ard.
1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed.
2. Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance.
1. Long and lean; SYN. spindly.
2. Long and thin and often limp
(Homonym: lien).
1. Containing little excess; SYN. skimpy.
2. Not fat; skinny; trim.
3. Lacking in mineral content or combustible material.
4. Not profitable or prosperous.
5. (Metallurgy) Low in mineral content.
1. Having little flesh; thin
2. Lacking desirable qualities (as richness or strength); deficient in quality or quantity
(Homonym: pore, pour).
1. Having little money or few possessions.
2. Characterized by or indicating lack of money.
3. Badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances.
4. Low in degree.
5. Unsatisfactory.
1. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; meager; not enough.
2. Skimpy; parsimonious.
1. Having unattractive thinness; SYN. scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy.
2. Rough, jagged; also; scraggly
1. Low in stature; not tall
2. Primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length
3. Most direct; SYN. shortest.
4. (Prosody) Used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration.
5. (Phonetics) Of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in 'pat', 'pet', 'pit', 'pot', putt').
6. (Of memory) Deficient in retentiveness or range
7. Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
8. (Finance) Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
9. Unwilling to endure; SYN. unforbearing.
10. Lacking foresight or scope; SYN. shortsighted, unforesightful.
11. Containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes
Thin; narrow; having very little fat
1. Having little width in proportion to the length or height
2. Very narrow; SYN. thin.
3. Being of delicate or light build; SYN. slight, slim.
4. Small in quantity; SYN. slim.
1. Just sufficient
2. Not taken up by scheduled activities; SYN. free.
3. Thin and fit; SYN. trim.
ETYM R. or Colloq.
Abounding with or resembling weeds.
Dressed in widow's mourning clothes.