spindling

spin·dling

adj
\ˈspin(d)-liŋ, -lən; ˈspin-d^əl-iŋ, -ən\

Definition of SPINDLING

: spindly

Examples of SPINDLING

1. <a sickly, spindling child who spent most of his time indoors>

First Known Use of SPINDLING

1750

Related to SPINDLING

Synonyms: gangling, gangly, rangy, lanky, spindly

Related Words: angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skinny; lean, slender, slim, spare, thin; racy, reedy, spidery, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy, wiry; spindle-legged, spindle-shanked

Near Antonyms: beefy, bulky, chubby, chunky, heavyset, pudgy, squat, stocky, stout, stubby, stumpy, sturdy, thick-bodied, thickset, weighty; muscle-bound; corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, obese, overweight, plump, portly, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby

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