lank
4 antonyms for lank — opposites grouped by meaning.
Adj — Thin and not well-rounded; skinny.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Thin and not well-rounded; skinny.
“Blacks in the fields, lank and stooped, their fingers spiderlike among the bolls of cotton.”
Opposites
2. adj
Flat, straight, thin and limp in a way often thought of as greasy.
“He was an exceedingly thin old man. Down from his head to his shoulders hung long, yellow, lank locks and within this enclosure was an old bony face, the forehead seamed with a thousand wrinkles.”
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Etymology
Came into English via Middle English lank, from Old English hlanc, from Proto-West Germanic *hlank, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz ("lank, thin"), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- ("to bend, turn, wind, twist"). Compare German lenken ("to turn") and Gelenk ("joint"), Old High German hlanca ("hip, side, flank"), and Engli...
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