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Synonyms for gangling
adj rangylank
adjective. thin
- all skin and bones
- angular
- attenuate
- attenuated
- beanpole
- beanstalk
- bony
- cadaverous
- delicate
- emaciated
- ethereal
- featherweight
- fleshless
- fragile
- gangling
- gangly
- gaunt
- haggard
- 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
- weedy
- wizened
lean
adjective. bare, thin
leaner
adjective. bare, thin
leanest
adjective. bare, thin
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