skin-deep

Speech parts

1. skin-deep - Adjective

2. skin-deep - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

skin deep

Synonyms

shoal surface outside half-baked external apparent passing thin empty slight evident shallow exterior outward hollow
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Antonyms

general complete wide critical hard extensive
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Examples

I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want-an adorable pancreas? Jean Kerr

Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep. Matthew Henry

The saying that beauty is but skin deep, is but a skin-deep saying. Herbert Spencer

Like beauty, stardom too is skin-deep. Shahrukh Khan

Comparatively, tattooing is not the hideous custom which it is called. It is not barbarous merely because the printing is skin-deep and unalterable. Henry David Thoreau

Beauty is but skin-deep. Vietnamese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

skin's inner layer skin-colored skin-crawling skin-dive skin-diver