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gangling
gan·gling G0035500 (găng′glĭng)adj. Awkwardly tall or long-limbed; rangy: gangling adolescents.
[Perhaps from dialectal gang, to go, from Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan.]gangling (ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ) or ganglyadjtall, lanky, and awkward in movement[perhaps related to gangrel; see gang2]gan•gling (ˈgæŋ glɪŋ) also gangly
adj. awkwardly tall and spindly; lank and loosely built. [1800–10] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | gangling - tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man"gangly, lanky, rangytall - great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships" | | 2. | gangling - tall and thingangly, lankylean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare |
gangling ganglyadjective awkward, skinny, angular, lanky, rangy, rawboned, loose-jointed a gangling teenager dressed in jeans and trainersganglingadjectiveTall, thin, and awkwardly built:gangly, lanky, rangy, spindling, spindly.Translationsgangling (ˈgӕŋgliŋ) adjective tall, very thin and usually awkward. 高瘦且笨拙的 瘦长得难看的gangling
Related to gangling: ganglion, Ganglion cystSynonyms for ganglingadj awkwardSynonyms- awkward
- skinny
- angular
- lanky
- rangy
- rawboned
- loose-jointed
Synonyms for ganglingadj tall, thin, and awkwardly builtSynonyms- gangly
- lanky
- rangy
- spindling
- spindly
Synonyms for ganglingadj tall and thin and having long slender limbsSynonymsRelated Wordsadj tall and thinSynonymsRelated Words |