lank
Thin and drooping
Lank describes hair that hangs straight, limp, and flat—without body or curl: Her lank hair fell across her face.
The word suggests something thin and lacking fullness.
Applied to people, lank means tall and thin, often ungainly: a lank youth with bony wrists.
The related lanky emphasizes awkward height and thinness.
Lean from deprivation
- leanLacking fat; incline
- angularSharp-edged or rawboned
- bonyThin, with protruding skeleton
- skinnyVery thin, underweight
scrawny · gangly · rawboned · spindly · rangy · spare · thin · wiry
Thinly scattered or distributed
- stragglyUntidily spread out
- thinSmall in diameter
- droopingHanging or bending downward
- witheredDried and shrunken
limp · scraggly · weedy · spindly · overgrown · unkempt · straggling · leggy
gaunt
Lean from deprivation
skinny · scrawny · gangly · rawboned · spindly · rangy · spare · thin · wiry · emaciated
sparse
Thinly scattered or distributed
withered · limp · scraggly · weedy · spindly · overgrown · unkempt · straggling · leggy · etiolated
limp
Lacking firmness or rigidity
lifeless · oily · unwashed · straight · dull · thin · wispy · unkempt · bedraggled · lusterless
limp
Lacking firmness or rigidity
slack · sagging · flowing · falling · dangling · pendulous · listless · flaccid