slim-waisted
- adjective
- /slɪmˈweɪstɪd/
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- Her slim-waisted silhouette drew everyone's attention during the fashion show.
Examples
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Nawab Sahib kept himself aloof from these disgusting sports; all he liked to do was keep an open house for students: young, fair, and slim-waisted boys, whose expenses were borne entirely by him.
Fiction book (1993) -
That shot of him standing on the sailboat as it approached Silva's island, I was like "what island," because all I could see was his perfect square-shouldered, slim-waisted form.
Blog text (27) -
He was tall, slim-waisted, but bulging with muscles everywhere else, which gave him an illusory fat appearance.
Fiction book (1991) -
The slim-waisted dress she wore at the party highlighted her figure beautifully.
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He admired the slim-waisted model walking down the runway.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having little body fat and a slim shape
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1.3
Very thin in a way that looks unhealthy
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2.5
Thin with little extra fat or money
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1.4
Thin and graceful in shape
A body shape with a very small waist compared with the rest of the body
Having a thin waist
Having a long thin body
An animal or object with a slim, narrow body
How Slim
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slim-waisted combines slim ('thin') and waist ('the middle of the body'), like in waistline, so you can picture someone with a narrow middle. That's why slim-waisted describes a person who has a small or slender waist.