On the little plateau which crowned the barren hill there stood a single giant boulder, and against this boulder there lay a tall man, long-bearded and hard-featured, but of an excessive thinness.
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Thinness
Synonyms for "thinness" (133 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (66)
niggardlinessnonopacitypaltrinesspaperinessparsimonypaucitypelluciditypuninessrarenessrarityrestrictednesssaplessnesssavorlessnessscantinessscantnessscarcityscrawninessscrimpinessshallow-wittednessshallowness
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sheernessshow-throughskimpinessslendernessslightnessslim pickingsslimnesssmallnesssparenesssparsitystalenessstinginessstringencysubtilitysubtiltysubtletysuperficialitytastelessnesstenuitytenuousnesstightnesstransmission of lighttransparencetransparencytranspicuousnessuncloudednessunprofoundnessunprofundityunsavorinessunsubstantialityvaguenessvapidityvitreosityvitreousnessvitrescencevolatilitywaterinessweaknesswishy-washinesswispiness
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1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- λεπτότης noun (the state of being thin)
- ἰσχνότης noun (the state of being thin)
Arabic
1 entries- رِقَّة noun (the state of being thin)
Dutch
1 entries- dunheid noun (the state of being thin)
Esperanto
2 entries- subtilaĵo noun (the state of being thin)
- subtileco noun (the state of being thin)
Finnish
2 entries- laihuus noun (the state of being thin)
- ohuus noun (the state of being thin)
French
1 entries- finesse noun (the state of being thin)
German
1 entries- Dünnheit noun (the state of being thin)
Hindi
2 entries- दुबलापन noun (the state of being thin)
- पतलापन noun (the state of being thin)
Irish
1 entries- caoile noun (the state of being thin)
Latin
2 entries- gracilitās noun (the state of being thin)
- macritūdō noun (the state of being thin)
Old Czech
1 entries- chvorost noun (the state of being thin)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ضعیفلق noun (the state of being thin)
Polish
1 entries- chudość noun (the state of being thin)
Portuguese
3 entries- delgadeza noun (the state of being thin)
- fineza noun (the state of being thin)
- magreza noun (the state of being thin)
Russian
1 entries- то́нкость noun (the state of being thin)
Spanish
3 entries- delgadez noun (the state of being thin)
- flacura noun (the state of being thin)
- flaqueza noun (the state of being thin)
Tausug
1 entries- nipis noun (the state of being thin)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The beautiful prismatic colours seen on the Labrodore stone are owing to a similar cause, viz. the thinness of the laminæ of which it consists […].
Source: wiktionary
Beyond celebrating the aesthetic value of thinness, pro-anas claim that thinness is a reflection of excellence in other areas of one's life.
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