thin
adjective (WEAK) /θɪn/ (thinner, thinnest)Definition
› weak or of poor quality: a thin excuse a thin disguise a thin smileWeakness and vulnerability thinness /ˈθɪn.nəs/ noun [U] › the thinness of his hair The author discusses why female beauty has become linked to thinness.Small in number and quantityThin or slender (of people)Not fit and healthyNarrow and thin
(Definition of thin adjective (WEAK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- Achilles heel noun
- at a low ebb idiom
- be (only) flesh and blood idiom
- be sb's poodle idiom
- chink in sb's armour idiom
- faintness noun (NOT CLEAR)
- frailty noun
- impotence noun (LACK OF POWER)
- impotent adjective (LACKING POWER)
- indefensible adjective
- lax adjective
- man of straw noun (WEAK)
- supine adjective (CHARACTER)
- susceptibility noun
- susceptible adjective (INFLUENCED)
- toothless adjective (NO POWER)
- underbelly noun
- unprotected adjective
- unsteady adjective
- wraith noun
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