skintight
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˈskɪnˌtaɪt/
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ajustado
- And in the last decade-plus, that name has become synonymous with spectacular pipes, formidable acting skills, and most importantly, skintight suits.
- a skintight suit
- a skintight outfit
Examples
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Only now she's dressed in a skintight black rubber dress.
Fiction book (2002) -
They had lived their lives for him, driven across three states, and spent hours rehearsing a plan that was skintight and urgent.
Fiction book (1992) -
A plump young woman in a shiny, skintight aerobics workout outfit was exercising to music from a tape deck on an apron of concrete in front of her house.
Fiction book (1995) -
The athlete wore a skintight suit that highlighted her muscular physique during the competition.
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For the dance performance, she chose a skintight costume to enhance her movement and show off her silhouette.
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He slipped into a skintight shirt that accentuated his toned torso while attending the party.
Synonyms
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6.0
Clothing that fits close to the body and shows its shape
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3.5
Clothes that fit very closely to the body
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3.4
Stays close to the body or an object and is not loose
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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
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 skintight is simply the two words skin and tight put together, so it means 'tight to the skin'. That's why skintight clothing fits very closely and clings to the body.