poor+lank

  • 51lean — I. v. n. 1. Incline (from a perpendicular), slope. 2. Recline, bear, rest, repose. 3. Tend, have a tendency. 4. Repose, rely, depend, confide, trust. II. v. a. Rest, incline for support, lay. III. a …

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  • 52lean — I v 1. incline, bend, angle, bevel, cant, slope, slant, pitch, grade, bank; slouch, slump, bow over; descend, fall, drop, dip, sag; swerve, swing, veer, turn, curve, fork; sway, totter, falter; careen, list, heel, tip. 2. tend, have a tendency,… …

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  • 53meager — adj 1. scarce, scanty, scant, sparse, exiguous, in short supply, at a premium, not to be had, Inf. scarce as hen s teeth; poor, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting, short, short of, not enough, too little; bare, slight, skimpy, scrimpy;… …

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  • 54scraggy — adj 1. scrawny, thin, thin as a reed or rail, weedy, lean, slender, stalky; skinny, too skinny to throw a shadow, skin and bones, gaunt, rawboned, angular, bony, skeletal; meager, spare, lank, lanky, gangly, gangling, spindly, spindle shanked,… …

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  • 55thin — adj 1. thinnish, lean, spare, attenuate, attenuated; narrow, slender, slim, gracile, svelte, lithe, graceful; slight, wispy, wisplike; skinny, twiggy, thin as a reed or rail, narrow as an arrow, thin as six o clock, slender as a thread, too… …

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  • 56ish — ish·er·wood; ish·kash·mi; ish·kyl·dite; ish·ma·el; ish·ma·el·ite; ish·ma·el·it·ish; ish·ma·el·it·ish; is·land·ish; ivory tower·ish; jad·ish; jew·ish·ness; jin·go·ish; kent·ish; kent·ish·man; kick·ish; kit·ten·ish; knav·ish; knav·ish·ly;… …

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  • 57lean — [adj] bare, thin angular, anorexic, barren, beanpole*, bony, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, inadequate, infertile, lank, lanky, meager, no fat, pitiful, poor, rangy, rawboned, scanty, scraggy, scrawny, shadow*, sinewy, skinny,… …

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  • 58meager — [adj1] small, inadequate; poor bare, barren, deficient, exiguous, flimsy, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infertile, insubstantial, insufficient, little, mere, minimum, miserable, paltry, puny, scant, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, shabby, short, skimp …

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  • 59spare — [adj1] extra, reserve additional, backup, de trop, emergency, free, in excess, in reserve, in store, lagniappe, leftover, more than enough*, odd, option, over, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, unoccupied, unused, unwanted;… …

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  • 60thin — [adj1] fine, light, slender attenuate, attenuated, beanpole*, beanstalk*, bony*, cadaverous, delicate, emaciated, ethereal, featherweight, fragile, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, lank, lanky, lean, lightweight, meager, narrow, peaked, pinched …

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