lank

Speech parts

1. lank - Adjective

2. lank - Verb

4. lank - Adjective Satellite

5. Lank - Proper noun

Meaning

Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.

Languid; drooping.

To become lank; to make lank.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

spindly svelte haggard small long gaunt reedy twiggy thin narrow tall slight insufficient loose spare
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Antonyms

grand almighty titanic large great strong
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Anagrams

klan lkna

Examples

A pallid and thin young man, A haggard and lank young man, A greenery-yallery, Grosvenor Gallery, Foot-in-the-grave young man! W. S. Gilbert

The American Race is marked by a brown complexion; long, black, lank hair; and deficient beard. Samuel George Morton

I found Uriah reading a great fat book, with such demonstrative attention, that his lank forefinger followed up every line as he read, and made clammy tracks along the page (or so I fully believed) like a snail. Charles Dickens

He who builds a house, or marries, is left with a lank purse. Spanish Proverb

grown lank with fasting Source: Internet

lank mousy hair Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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