Synonyms of weedy
75 similar words
Another word for weedy is weedlike. Other synonyms of weedy are scraggy, ungainly, angular, anorexic and emaciated.
Synonyms and similar words for weedy
adjectiveOf, relating to or resembling weeds.
- weedlikeResembling or characteristic of a weed.
adjectiveSmall and weak.
- scraggy
- ungainly
- angular
- anorexic
- emaciatedThin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
- ganglingAwkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.
- ganglyTall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
- gaunt
- haggard
- stringy
- macilentLean; thin; emaciated.
- lank
- lanky
- leptosomeNarrow-bodied (in proportional to height or length).
- pencil-necked
- punyOf inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak.
- rangy
- rawbonedOf a person: bony and thin; having prominent bones; gaunt.
- reedy
- scrawnyThin, malnourished, and weak.
- skin and bonesA person or an animal that is emaciated or very thin, as from lack of nutrition.
- skinny
- starved
- thin as a rakeIncredibly thin; at an unhealthy-looking level of thinness.
- undernourishedProvided with insufficient nourishment to sustain proper health and growth.
- underweight
- wastedEmaciated and haggard.
- carrion obsoleteVery thin; emaciated, skeletonlike.
adjectiveLacking power or effectiveness.
- feeble
- anemic
- breakable
- broken-down
- damagedThat has suffered damage.
- debilitated
- decrepitWeakened or worn out from age or wear.
- delicate
- dickless
- effeteLacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.
- enervatedWeakened, debilitated or deprived of strength or vitality.
- enfeebledWeakened; reduced to a powerless state.
- exhausted
- faint
- flimsyLikely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.
- fragile
- frail
- harmed
- hurt
- impaired
- impotent
- infirm
- injuredSuffering from an injury.
- languidOf a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness...
- lowLacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
- powerless
- prostrated
- prostrate
- raddledWorn-out and broken-down.
- resistless
- sapped
- slightsoft
- softened
- susceptible
- tender
- tired
- torpid
- unresistantNot resistant.
- vincibleCapable of being defeated or overcome; assailable or vulnerable.
- vulnerable
- weak
- weakenedReduced; made less strong.
- weary
- wimpyHaving the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly.
- worn out
- yieldingDocile, or inclined to give way to pressure.
Meaning of weedy
- adjective Abounding with weeds.
- adjective Of, relating to or resembling weeds.
- adjective Consisting of weeds.
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