gan·gling
/ˈɡaNGɡliNG/
adjective
(of a person) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing.
"a gangling youth with a trace of down on his cheeks"
synonyms: lanky, gangly, rangy, wiry, stringy, bony, angular, skinny, skin-and-bones, spindly, spindling, scrawny, thin, spare, gaunt, skeletal, size-zero, loosely built, loosely jointed, awkward, uncoordinated, ungainly, gawky, inelegant, graceless, ungraceful, like a bag of bones, spindle-shanked
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The meaning of GANGLING is tall, thin, and awkwardly built : lanky, gangly. How to use gangling in a sentence.
7 days ago · Gangling definition: awkwardly tall and spindly; lank and loosely built.. See examples of GANGLING used in a sentence.
Gangling is used to describe a young person who is tall, thin, and clumsy in their movements. His gangling, awkward gait has ...
Synonyms for GANGLING: gaunt, lanky, skinny, spindly, rangy, gangly, thin, bony; Antonyms of GANGLING: stocky, chubby, pudgy, thickset, stubby, stumpy, ...
adjective tall and thin and having long slender limbs “a gangling teenager” synonyms: gangly, lanky, rangy tall great in vertical dimension; high in stature.
gangling (comparative more gangling, superlative most gangling) Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.
The earliest known use of the adjective gangling is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for gangling is from before 1398, in a ...