to slenderize

Examples

• All

• My fragile fingernails with slenderizing potential offer me no disguise; they break off despite multiple coats of colored lacquer, hardener, acrylic, and silk.

  Fiction book (1994)

• All black has nothing on a look like this when it comes to slenderizing effects.

  Blog text (20)

• Pink jellies and this fucking ruffled playsuit, way gross, and she is all, it's slenderizing, whatever that's supposed to mean.

  Fiction book (1998)

• A pair of brown velvet slacks, one leg cut against the bias so that it shone a deeper hue and slenderized the left hip without diminishing the right, looked great under strobe light.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Wearing dark colors can help slenderize your appearance and boost your confidence.

• She chose a dress that would slenderize her silhouette for the evening party.

Synonyms

S

to slim

vsto slenderize

25 2.4

To become thinner by losing fat

also covers changing appearance to seem thinner rather than only actual weight loss

S

to slim down

vsto slenderize

12 3.0

To lose weight and become thinner

also applies to altering appearance to look thinner, not only weight loss

Antonyms

T

to thicken

37 2.3

Become or make something less runny

How Slim

to emaciate

1 8.9

to slenderize

1 7.3

to thin

61 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology