lank — OAT · Shobdo

lank

adjective

1 the man had lank, brown, greasy hair:

limp, lifeless, lusterless;

straggling, straggly, dull, unkempt, untidy;

straight, long;

informal ratty.

▷antonyms glossy, lustrous.

2 his long, lank figure:

tall, thin, slender, slim, lean, lanky, skinny, spindly, spare, gangling, gangly, scrawny, skeletal, scraggly, emaciated, size-zero, bony, gaunt, rawboned, gawky, rangy, skin-and-bones, angular, pinched, attenuated;

informal weedy.

▷antonyms short, fat, stocky.