leggy
Like a flamingo
Leggy describes having notably long legs, usually said of women, models, or young animals: a leggy blonde, a leggy colt finding its footing.
The word often carries an appreciative or admiring tone about physical attractiveness.
Plants that are leggy have grown tall and spindly, usually from insufficient light—all stem, not enough leaf.
Tall and ungainly thin
- gawkyAwkwardly tall and clumsy
- coltishYouthfully awkward and lively
- spindlyThin and fragile-looking
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
awkward · gangling · beanpole · rangy · adolescent · uncoordinated · clumsy · overgrown
Tall, slim, pliant
- litheSupple and graceful
- lissomeGracefully flexible and slender
- svelteGracefully slender
- slimThin or meager
lean · sylphlike · graceful · supple · streamlined · slinky · sleek · coltish
Plant's main axes
- elongatedStretched beyond usual dimensions
- spindlyThin and fragile-looking
- stragglyUntidily spread out
- overgrownExcessively covered in vegetation
etiolated · stretched · vine · runner · climber · seedling · sapling · shoot
lanky
Tall and ungainly thin
ungainly · awkward · gangling · beanpole · rangy · adolescent · uncoordinated · clumsy · overgrown · stringbean
willowy
Tall, slim, pliant
slim · lean · sylphlike · graceful · supple · streamlined · slinky · sleek · coltish · modelesque
stems
Plant's main axes
- elongatedStretched beyond usual dimensions
- spindlyThin and fragile-looking
- stragglyUntidily spread out
overgrown · etiolated · stretched · vine · runner · climber · seedling · sapling · shoot · sprout
towering
Of imposing height
- statuesqueTall, graceful, dignified
- willowyTall, slim, pliant
- giraffeTallest land animal
stilted · flamingo · heron · crane · stork · spider · gazelle · greyhound · thoroughbred · racehorse
alluring
Powerfully appealing
seductive · stunning · gorgeous · statuesque · showgirl · miniskirt · supermodel · catwalk · pinup · bombshell
- ostrich traitsemu, cassowary, rhea, kiwi, moa
- gardening termsgrowing, blooming, wilting, pruning, grafting
- body typesectomorph, endomorph, mesomorph, somatotype, athletic build
- heighttall, short, high, low, height
- plant growthbloom, bud, buds, flower, fruit
- long-leggedflamingo, giraffe, stork, heron, egret
- leg pressLower-body resistance machine exercise
- break a legTheatrical good luck phrase
- broken legSnapped bone in leg
- an arm and a legExtremely high price
- sea legsAdjusted to ship motion
- chicken legsPoultry lower limbs
leg, legs, legged, legging, legroom, legless, legwork, legginess, leggiest