skin-tight
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3.5
- adjective
- /skɪn taɪt/
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ajustado
- IRVINE is dressed in red, skin-tight jeans with see-through plastic pockets and a bright green top.
- skin-tight jeans
- skin-tight pants
- skin-tight dresses
They're super stretchy without being like that skin tight spandexy kind of material.
- They're super stretchy without being like that skin tight spandexy kind of material.
- Well, we did have you dress up in the green screen, skin tight leotard once.
- There's alien spaceship, silver skin tight suits.
- And now it's kind of like everyone must fit into a skin tight dress.
- Do you like when the fit is skin tight or tailored in the right places, or frankly boxy?
- No, like skin tight beige T-shirts tucked into a cargo pants.
- Obviously I've worn them a lot, but they were never like totally skin tight.
- Look at the costumes, you know, and the, and the skin tight cat suits and the mini skirts and the high heels.
Examples
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On stage, "CAMEL LIPS," an all-female grunge-punk-metal band, dressed in their trademark skin-tight slacks that gave the group their name, performed their hit song "Gas Chamber."
Fiction book (1994) -
The one in the center has an obviously feminine figure under her skin-tight outfit.
Fiction book (1991) -
Well, like sort of a skin tight astronaut suit.
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Well, we did have you dress up in the green screen, skin tight leotard once.
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The minute I agreed to get dressed in skin-tight jeans and live with you, it was in the cards.
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All were attired in similar black, skin-tight uniforms.
Fiction book (1998) -
Mr. Dorset would appear in the street carrying two buckets of warm water and wearing a pair of skin-tight coveralls.
Fiction book (1996) -
Underneath her burgundy hair and skin-tight minidress, she was actually a sweet, tenderhearted girl.
Fiction book (1999) -
Finding them, she shoved them onto her face and groaned, adjusting her skin-tight costume.
Blog text (4) -
She wore a skin-tight dress to the party that highlighted her figure beautifully.
Synonyms
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6.0
Clothing that fits close to the body and shows its shape
5
3.4
Stays close to the body or an object and is not loose
1
4.1
Clothing that fits very closely and clings to the body
1
3.7
Fits tightly to the body or an object without being uncomfortable
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3.2
Close and firm against the shape of something or someone
Fitting very closely to the shape of something without gaps
Close to the body or an object without much space
Tight and fitting closely to the body
Antonyms
How Tight
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word skin-tight is a simple combination of skin 'the outer layer of the body' and tight 'not loose', so it describes clothing that fits very closely, like a 'second skin'.