Sylphlike [adjective]

Definition of Sylphlike:

bare, thin

Synonyms of Sylphlike:

● Sinewy

● Gangly

● Lanky

● Slim

● Slender

● Gaunt

● Rangy

● Sparse

● Skinny

● Svelte

● Angular

● Wiry

● Poor

● Emaciated

● Scanty

● Worn

● Haggard

● Barren

● Spare

● Stick

● Wasted

● Shadow

● Anorexic

● Beanpole

● Bony

● Gangling

● Inadequate

● Infertile

● Meager

● Pitiful

● Rawboned

● Scrawny

● Stringy

● Unfruitful

● Unproductive

● Wizened

● Lank

● Twiggy

● Stilt

● No fat

● Scraggy


Opposite/Antonyms of Sylphlike:

● Fresh

● Strong

● Heavy

● Thick

● Fat

● Fertile

● Chubby

● Plump


Sentence/Example of Sylphlike:

The young women have none of the sylphlike appearance of the Mandingoes or Soosoos.

For at this writing in those parts the slender, sylphlike string-bean is not playing a minor part, as with us.

Her vest and train of white satin did not conceal her sylphlike form and delicate feet.

I had red cheeks and was ashamed of them, and my stocky, square-shouldered figure was anything but sylphlike.

It is one of the commonest delusions among fat men that horseback riding will bring them down and make them sylphlike and willowy.