thinned
Reduced in density
Thinned is the past tense of thin, describing something that has been made less dense, thick, or numerous.
Hair thins with age.
A crowd thins as people leave.
Paint is thinned with solvent for easier application.
Seedlings are thinned to give remaining plants room to grow: She thinned the carrots to six inches apart.
Spread irregularly about
- reducedMade less in amount
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
patchy · fewer · culled · pruned · weeded · cleared · spaced · spread
Reduced in strength
- diluteReduce by adding solvent
- weakLacking power or force
- wateryContaining excess liquid
- runnyExcessively fluid
washy · lightened · dissolved · liquefied · pale · insipid · vapid · concentrated
Thin and insubstantial
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- fineAcceptable in quality
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
gauzy · filmy · translucent · ethereal · threadbare · skeletal · fragile · faint
Gradually narrowing in width
- constrictedMade narrower by pressure
- slimmedBecame more slender
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- compressedReduced by pressure
squeezed · pinched · contracted · reduced · diminished · funneled · converged · choked
Weak and breakable
- feebleWeak and ineffective
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- sappedDepleted of vitality
- diminishedMade or became smaller
enfeebled · debilitated · impoverished · wasted · faltering · fragile · vulnerable · eroded
scattered
Spread irregularly about
- reducedMade less in amount
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- diminishedMade or became smaller
sparse · patchy · fewer · culled · pruned · weeded · cleared · spaced · spread · gapped
watered-down
Reduced in strength
runny · washy · lightened · dissolved · liquefied · pale · insipid · vapid · concentrated · solution
wispy
Thin and insubstantial
gossamer · gauzy · filmy · translucent · ethereal · threadbare · skeletal · fragile · faint · subtle
tapered
Gradually narrowing in width
- constrictedMade narrower by pressure
- slimmedBecame more slender
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
compressed · squeezed · pinched · contracted · reduced · diminished · funneled · converged · choked · tight
frail
Weak and breakable
diminished · enfeebled · debilitated · impoverished · wasted · faltering · fragile · vulnerable · eroded · compromised
- diminisheddevalued, lessened, decreased, depreciated, reduced
- golf mishitstopped, chunked, shanked, sliced, hooked
- weakweak, feeble, frail, fragile, faint
- worn downeroded, abraded, weathered, wind worn, ground down
- hollowed outscooped, gouged, carved, emptied, gutted
- cutting techniquesblunt cut, razor cut, diagonal cut, slice, dice
thinnedthickened
Made more dense
concentrated · condensed · congealed · solidified · coagulated
thinnedconcentrated
Gathered or intensified
strengthened · undiluted · intensified · fortified · enriched
- paint thinnerSolvent for oil-based coatings
- blood thinnersMedications reducing clot risk
- thinning hairDecreasing scalp coverage
- thinned outMade more sparse
- thinning outReducing density gradually
- blood thinningDecreasing coagulation tendency