SPINDLESHANKS Synonyms

• very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

• tall and thin and having long slender limbs

• tall and thin

• lacking excess flesh

• lacking in mineral content or combustible material

• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

• containing little excess

• not profitable or prosperous

• to incline or bend from a vertical position

• cause to lean or incline

• have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

• rely on for support

• cause to lean to the side

• being of delicate or slender build

• very narrow

• having little width in proportion to the length or height

• small in quantity

• 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

• a thin person with long thin legs

• long thin legs