Definitions

weedy

[wee-dee] / ˈwi di /

ADJECTIVE

thin

Synonyms

WEAK

all skin and bones angular attenuate attenuated beanpole beanstalk bony cadaverous delicate emaciated ethereal featherweight fleshless fragile gangling gangly gaunt haggard lank lanky lean lightweight meager narrow peaked pinched pole puny rangy rarefied rawboned reedy rickety scraggy scrawny shadow shriveled skeletal skinny slender slight slim slinky small spare spindly stalky starved stick stilt subtle thin as a rail threadlike twiggy twiglike undernourished underweight wan wasted wizened

Example Sentences

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Felix had heard Pookie barking next door, and when the weedy monster landed in his yard, he started barking as well.

From Literature

Marie Massa has spent more than three years working mostly alone to transform a weedy strip of public land into a fragrant habitat garden in Lincoln Heights.

From Los Angeles Times

On a recent Sunday morning, in the weedy parking lot of a strip mall in Wayne, N.J.,

From The Wall Street Journal

“It was full of weedy dried grasses, all kind of brown, and lots of trash,” Massa said.

From Los Angeles Times

Consequently, certain fast-growing, weedy species, including macroalgae, cyanobacteria, and fire coral, thrive in the absence of competitors, spreading into the vacant spaces left by the decimated corals.

From Science Daily

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