ill-fitting

[il-fit-ing] / ˈɪlˈfɪt ɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

baggy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

billowing floppy oversize roomy

WEAK

bulging droopy flabby loose sagging slack unshapely

Antonyms

WEAK

firm fitting tight

ADJECTIVE

uncomfortable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annoying awkward bitter difficult distressing hard harsh troublesome

WEAK

afflictive agonizing cramped disagreeable dolorous excruciating galling grievous incommodious irritating thorny torturing vexatious wearisome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agreeable easy kind mild nice pleasant pleasing simple soft straightforward

WEAK

comfortable content happy painless

Example Sentences

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For an hour he'd been little more than a keen if ill-fitting presence in the Celtic attack.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

There were men in leather jackets, women in bedazzled red hats, young guys in ill-fitting suits.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

And she ordered a dozen ill-fitting vacation outfits on Shein.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

In others, he’s an imp hiding within an ill-fitting costume of normalcy.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025

I can remember as though I wore it still my comfortable, ill-fitting flannel suit, and how the skirt was lighter than the coat through harder wear.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

ill-fitting

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