skinny
[adjective]
Synonyms: thin, emaciated, lean, scrawny, undernourished

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Antonyms: fleshy
Related Idioms: mere skin and bones, skinny as a rail
Related Words: twiggy, weedy, emaciated, skeletal

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English Thesaurus: espresso, latte, cappuccino, Americano, decaf, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

skin‧ny /ˈskɪni/ adjective (comparative skinnier, superlative skinniest)

1. very thin, especially in a way that is unattractive:
Some supermodels are far too skinny.

2. skinny trousers fit tightly all the way down the legs:
skinny jeans

3. made with skimmed milk (=milk with all the fat and cream removed from it):
a skinny latte

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

skinny
adj.
VERBS be, look | become
ADV. really, terribly, very | a bit, fairly, rather At school I was fairly skinny and undersized.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

espresso strong black Italian coffee:
I’ll have a double espresso.
latte coffee made by adding a lot of hot milk to a small amount of strong coffee:
Two lattes please.
cappuccino coffee that has hot milk with a lot of bubbles in it, usually with chocolate powder on top:
I’ll have another cappuccino, please.
Americano coffee made by pouring a small amount of strong black Italian coffee on top of hot water:
Can I have an Americano?
decaf informal coffee that does not contain caffeine . Decaf is short for ‘decaffeinated’:
I always drink decaf.
a decaf latte
skinny a skinny latte or capuccino has very low-fat milk in it:
I asked for a skinny latte, not a full-fat one.
filter coffee coffee made using a paper filter:
We usually drink filter coffee at home.
iced coffee coffee served cold with ice:
a can of iced coffee

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

thin having little fat on your body:
a tall, thin man
slim thin in an attractive way:
her slim figure
a slim woman in her fifties
Magazines are always full of advice about how to stay slim.
slender written thin in an attractive and graceful way – used especially about parts of the body, and used especially about women:
her long, slender legs
She is slender, with very fair hair.
lean thin and looking healthy and fit:
his lean body
He was lean and looked like a runner.
skinny very thin in a way that is not attractive:
a skinny teenager
Your arms are so skinny!
slight written thin and delicate:
a small, slight girl with big eyes
scrawny /ˈskrɔːni $ ˈskrɒː-/ very thin, small, and weak-looking:
a scrawny kid in blue jeans
underweight below the usual weight for someone of your height, and therefore too thin:
He had no appetite and remained underweight.
gaunt /ɡɔːnt $ ɡɒːnt/ written very thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry:
He looked gaunt and had not shaved for days.
emaciated /ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtəd, ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd, -si-/ written extremely thin and weak, because you are ill or not getting enough to eat:
The tents were filled with emaciated refugees.
skeletal written used about someone who is so thin that you can see the shape of their bones:
The soldiers were shocked by the skeletal figures of the camp’s prisoners.
anorexic used about someone who is extremely thin because they have a mental illness that makes them stop eating:
Her daughter is anorexic.
anorexic teenagers
paper-thin/wafer-thin extremely thin, like paper:
The walls of the apartment were paper-thin.
wafer-thin slices of pastry
The petals are paper-thin.

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