maigre — meaning in English
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English meaning
- gaunt adj Unhealthily thin, especially with a hollow, drawn look from hunger, illness, or exhaustion.
- lean verb To bend or tilt away from an upright position, or to rest against something for support.
- meager adj Poor or lacking in amount, quality, or extent; barely enough.
- meagre adj Poor or lacking in amount, quality, or extent; barely enough.
- scant adjective Barely enough; in short supply.
- scanty adj Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
- skinny adj Very thin, often used with a slightly negative or critical tone.
- thin adj Having little distance between opposite surfaces; not thick.
- underweight adj Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
Senses
maigre is used for these senses in English:
- gaunt Angular, bony, and lean.
- lean (of meat) Having little fat.
- meagre An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.
- scant Very little, very few.
- scanty Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
- skinny (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
- skinny (nonstandard) A skinny being.
- 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.
lean — full definition
- verb To bend or tilt away from an upright position, or to rest against something for support.
- verb To favor or tend toward a particular opinion, choice, or direction.
- adjective Having little or no fat; thin and fit.
- adjective Having very little of something, especially money or resources; scarce.