underweight

Speech parts

1. underweight - Noun

2. underweight - Adjective

3. underweight - Verb

4. underweight - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

being very thin

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

boney bony skinny scrawny scraggy weedy haggard light gaunt reedy twiggy thin slight spare thinner

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Antonyms

overweight tubby large full heavy chubby

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Examples

All those rumors about her being underweight are trash. She's [Calista Flockhart] gorgeous. Ben Stiller

I was the worst, most sickly kid of all – 30 pounds underweight. The girls used to beat me up. Actually I was a mean kid, early on because I had no self-esteem. Jack LaLanne

40 percent of North Korean children suffer from stunted growth. 20 percent are underweight. Tom Lantos

a child with skinny freckled legs Source: Internet

a long scrawny neck Source: Internet

pale bony hands Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

underwebbing underween underweening underwent underwhelm underwhelming