lank

• Adjektiv, das jemanden oder etwas als dünn, schlank oder mager beschreibt, oft mit dem Nebenton von Kraftlosigkeit oder fehlender Substanz.

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone or something as thin, slender, or lean, often in a way that suggests a lack of strength or substance.

1. Long, thin, and limpB2formal

   Describes hair that is straight, thin, and often lifeless or lacking body.

   Straff und kraftlos

   • Her hair hung in lank strands after the rain.
   • He had lank, greasy hair that needed washing.
   • The humidity made her normally curly hair go lank.

   Synonymedullflatlifelesslimpstraggly

   Antonymebushycrispfull-bodiedthickvoluminous

2. Long and leanB2formal

   Describes a person or animal that is tall, thin, and often somewhat awkward or ungainly.

   Lang und dünn

   • The lank figure of the teenager towered over his friends.
   • A lank greyhound raced across the field.
   • He was a lank, quiet man who seemed to fold into chairs.

   Synonymeganglingganglygawkylankyrangyspindly

   Antonymechunkydumpyplumpsquatstockystoutstubbythickset