Weedy (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Abounding with or resembling weeds; "a weedy path"; "weedy plants that take over a garden".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
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Meaning 2
Being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"; "pale bony hands".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The weedy young boy was always the first to get picked last in gym class.
- After a long illness, her once athletic frame had withered away to a weedy skeleton.
- The model's weedy physique was all the rage on the catwalk that season.
- With his weedy arms and legs, the old man looked like he would break in half in a strong gust of wind.
- The artist's rendition of the gaunt poet featured a weedy figure with sunken eyes and a prominent jawline.