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
- adj Unhealthily thin, especially with a hollow, drawn look from hunger, illness, or exhaustion.
- adj Bleak, bare, or desolate, describing a place or a mood rather than a person.
lank — full definition
- adj Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
- adj Meagre, paltry, scant in quantity.
- adj Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.)
- adj Languid; drooping, slack.