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hubený — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gaunt adj Unhealthily thin, especially with a hollow, drawn look from hunger, illness, or exhaustion.
  • lank adj Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
  • meager adj Poor or lacking in amount, quality, or extent; barely enough.
  • scraggy adj Rough and irregular; jagged.
  • skinny adj Very thin, often used with a slightly negative or critical tone.
  • thin adj Having little distance between opposite surfaces; not thick.

Senses

hubený is used for these senses in English:

  • gaunt Angular, bony, and lean.
  • lank (of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.)
  • scraggy Lean or thin, scrawny.
  • skinny (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
  • thin Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

gaunt — full definition

  1. adj Unhealthily thin, especially with a hollow, drawn look from hunger, illness, or exhaustion.
  2. adj Bleak, bare, or desolate, describing a place or a mood rather than a person.

lank — full definition

  1. adj Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
  2. adj Meagre, paltry, scant in quantity.
  3. adj Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.)
  4. adj Languid; drooping, slack.

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