FLIMSIEST Synonyms

• pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

• lacking strength or vigor

• lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

• lacking strength

• wanting in physical strength

• overly diluted; thin and insipid

• (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress

• wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

• tending downward in price

• deficient or lacking in some skill

• lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

• (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection

• not having authority, political strength, or governing power

• deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc

• likely to fail under stress or pressure

• deficient in intelligence or mental power

• lacking material form or substance; unreal

• lacking in nutritive value

• lacking solidity or strength

• having thin consistency

• very thin in gauge or diameter

• lacking substance or significance

• of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section

• lacking excess flesh

• relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous

• (of sound) lacking resonance or volume

• without viscosity

• very narrow

• not dense

• lacking spirit or sincere effort

• lacking substance or significance

• lose thickness; become thin or thinner

• make thin or thinner

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

• take off weight

• open to or abounding in fresh air

• not practical or realizable; speculative

• having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air

• characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air

• exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury

• marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique

• easily broken or damaged or destroyed

• easily hurt

• developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety

• difficult to handle; requiring great tact

• of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely

• so thin as to transmit light

• out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance

• a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture

• filaments from a web that was spun by a spider

• characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

• so thin as to transmit light

• lacking material form or substance; unreal

• thin and weak

• lacking clarity or distinctness

• not convincing

• having a probability too low to inspire belief

• capable of being changed

• able to flex; able to bend easily

• making or willing to make concessions

• able to adjust readily to different conditions

• bending and snapping back readily without breaking

• inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

• vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

• not secure; beset with difficulties

• a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies

• (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

• a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

• lacking substance or significance

• being of delicate or slender build

• pay no attention to, disrespect