SKINNIER

SKINNY

scraggy, scraggly, boney, bony, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy

(adjective) being very thin; “a child with skinny freckled legs”; “a long scrawny neck”; “pale bony hands”

cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny

(adjective) giving or spending with reluctance; “our cheeseparing administration”; “very close (or near) with his money”; “a penny-pinching miserly old man”

tightfitting, tight-fitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting, skinny

(adjective) fitting snugly; “a tightly-fitting cover”; “tight-fitting clothes”

skinny

(adjective) of or relating to or resembling skin

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

skinnier

comparative form of skinny

Source: Wiktionary


SKINNY

Skin"ny, a.

Definition: Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh. "Her skinny lips." Shak. He holds him with a skinny hand. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 May 2025

DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.

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