Dummies - Personal Appearances - Adj (Printed)
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attenuated
(a-ten'you-ate-ed) -
(adj.- appearance) slender, thin; reduced in force, manner, or degree; weakened
Because of his arm injury, his effort was so _attenuated_ on the second competition day that he lost the decathalon. -
comely
(come'-lee) -
(adj.- appearance) attractive
Since the manager only interviewed the most attractive applicants, his offices were noted for their _comely_ secretaries. -
corpulent
(kor'pew-lunt) -
(adj.- appearance) fat, fleshy
It's rare to find a _corpulent_ submariner since fat sailors cannot easily move around in such close spaces. -
dandyish
(dan'dy-ish) -
(adj - appearance) pertaining to an ostentatiously or elegantly dressed man
With that feather in his cap, Yankeee Doodle did look a bit like a _dandy_. -
dapper
(dap'-er) -
(adj.- appearance) neat, trim, smart in dress or appearance
The more _dapper_ you are in your business wardrobe, the less likely people will suspect that you are a slob at home. -
emaciated
(ih-mace'ee-ated) -
(adj.- appearance) abnormally thin or wasted
Many of the Union prisoners at Andersonville prison during the Civil War were as _emaciated_ as the prisoners seen in Dachau in WW II. -
foppish
(fop'ish) -
(adj - appearance) excessively concerned with being fashionable; characteristic of a fop
Some male gays are the most _foppish_ people you will ever see. -
frowzy
(fraw'zee) -
(adj. - appearance) untidy or neglected in appearance
The women was so _frowsy_ in her appearance that everyone assumed she was too mentally disturbed to even care. -
gaunt
(gawnt) -
(adj.- appearance) abnormally thin, especially from lack of nourishment
The failing Romanian orphanage was filled with hundreds of _gaunt_, blank eyed, unsmiling children with no place to go. -
homely
(home'-lee) -
(adj. - appearance) plain or unattractive in appearance
While the more comely orphans were quickly adopted, the more _homely_ ones were likely to spent their whole childhood in the orphanage. -
lanky
(lank'-ee) -
(adj.- appearance) awkwardly or ungracefully tall ot thin
The _lanky_ and unathletic pitcher was an interesting sight as he sometimes actually fell off the mound after throwing a fastball. -
pallid
(pal'-id) -
(adj.- appearance) pale, especially from illness or shock
Still recovering from major surgery, the _pallid_ teacher tried her best to control the class. -
pulchritudinous
(pup'kri-tud'nes) -
(adj.- appearance) having great beauty
Strangely, the _pulchritudinous_ princess grew up to to be the ugliest queen in the history of her country. -
rangy
(rAnge'-ee) -
(adj.- appearance) tall and thin in appearance
The _rangy_ stranger ducked his head under the low transom of the cabin door as he entered. -
rotund
(rO-tund') -
(adj. - appearance) round, plump
The fat man, unsatisfied with his _rotundancy_, vowed to eat less and to exercise twice a day for the next year. -
sartorial
(sar-tour'-ee-ul) -
(adj. - appearance) - pertaining to clothes and tailors
Probably because his father was a lead tailor at a posh men's shop, Bob was noted for his _sartorial_ correctness. -
tonsorial
(tahn-sore'-ee-ul) -
(adj. - appearance) pertaining to hair or haircutting
The shaggy haired hippies from the sixties were certainly not noted for their _tonsorial_ correctness. -
slatternly
(slat'-tern-ly) -
(adj. - appearance) relating to untidiness or slovenliness in women.
The ugly parade of sloppy women inmates was just a depressing line of one arrogant _slattern_ marching behind another, nothing more. -
slovenly
(sluv'un-lee) -
(adj.- appearance) untidy, dirty
A slattern is a _slovenly_ women. -
soigene(e)
(swan-yay') = French -
(n., adj.- appearance) meticulously dressed, well-groomed person
Women who refuse to go outdoors without being meticulously dressed and groomed are referred to as _soignee_. -
stout
(st-out') -
(adj. - appearance) fat or corpulant
The _stout_ man was too rotund to fit through the narrow opening) -
svelte
(svell't) -
(adj. - appearance) slender, willowly, elegant, graceful
Princess Grace seemed to be as svelte as her husband Prince Ranier was stout. -
swarthy (swôr'THē)
(swore'-thEE) -
(adj. - appearance) dark complexioned
There are many more _swarthy_ men in Iran than there are in fair-skinned Sweden. -
unkempt
(un-kempt') -
(adj. - appearance) untidy, neglected in appearance
He had fallen into bed drunk in his old clothes and woke up looking like the most _unkempt_ person in the neighborhood. -
wan
(wahn) -
(adj. - appearance) unhealthily pale; sickly, unhappy, and melancholy in appearance
I've been sick with the flu for a week and would look too _wan_ and worn out to impress any job candidate. -
sallow
(sal'-oh) -
(adj. appearance) a sickly yellowish hue or complexion
Here I was, involuntarily spending a week in a pale, pukey yellow apartment with an equally _sallow_ old hostess who complained day in and day out. -
hirsute
(her'-suit; here'-suit) -
(adj. - appearance) hairy, covered with hair.
While the Japanese normally are relatively hairless, in the North of Japan the Ainu are surprisingly _hirsute_. -
enervated
(en'er-vate'-ed) -
(adj. - appearance) weakened or destroyed in strength or vitality
Washington Irving's character Icabod Crane was a lanky,_enervated_, man who spured little confidence in those he met. -
effervescent
(eff'-er-ves'-cent) -
(adj. - appearance/behavior) bubbly in behavior, in high spirits
His rather _effervescent_ way of teaching kept all of his students alert and interested.