skinniness

Lack of flesh

Skinniness is the quality of being very thin or lean, often implying an unhealthy or unattractive degree of thinness.

The word carries a slight negative connotation that slenderness or slimness does not: The skinniness of the stray dog suggested it hadn't eaten in days.

physical

lean

Lacking fat; incline

  • tonedMuscularly firm and defined
  • wiryThin and muscular
  • sinewyLean yet muscular

spare · thin · slight · lanky · gangly · rangy · angular · rawboned · stringy · twiggy

unhealthy

emaciated

Abnormally wasted from hunger

wasted · haggard · starved · malnourished · undernourished · anorexic · bony · scrawny · lank · pinched

aesthetic

slender

Thin and graceful

graceful · lissome · sylphlike · slim · elegant · sleek · streamlined · tapered · refined · delicate

fragility

delicate

Easily broken or harmed

  • frailWeak and breakable
  • weakLacking power or force
  • feebleWeak and ineffective

brittle · fragile · vulnerable · insubstantial · wispy · flimsy · tenuous · breakable · slight · gossamer

dieting

portion-control

Regulating serving sizes

low-carb · macros · restriction · deficit · slimming · reducing · cutting · shredding · waistline

Opposites
body mass/weight

skinninessfatness

Excess body bulk

obesity · corpulence · plumpness · stoutness · heaviness

fullness/substantiality

skinninessvoluptuousness

Sensual abundance and curves

curviness · thickness · solidness · meatiness · substantialness

Family

skin, skinny, skins, skinned, skinning, skinless, skintight, skincare, skinful

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