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skinny
adjective as in very thin
Weak matches
emaciated, lank, like a rail, malnourished, rawboned, scraggy, skeletal, skin-and-bone, twiggy, undernourished, underweight
Example Sentences
His most vivid memory was the time a guard in El Centro gave him extra food because he thought my dad was a bit too skinny.
He had been a young man of 20 when he left home, skinny and full of ambition.
In some stores you were able to order skinny caramel lattes, get your hair and nails done, and maybe even get a piercing or two if your mum wasn't watching.
The banning of high street fashion adverts which featured models who looked "unhealthily thin" has led industry experts to warn of a return to the super skinny trend.
Earlier this year, fellow retailer Next also had an advert for blue skinny jeans banned.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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