Synonyms for skimpy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : skim-pee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈskɪm pi |
Top 10 synonyms for skimpy Other synonyms for the word skimpy
Définition of skimpy
Origin :- 1842, from skimp (adj.) "scanty" (1775), which perhaps ultimately is from an early 18c. alteration of scrimp or a variant of scamp (v.). Related: Skimpiness.
- adj sparse, inadequate
- Why had she not prevailed over her mother's fear of being "skimpy?"
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- Not that it wasn't simple enough, but it sure was skimpy above the belt.
- Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
- It is skimpy in the extreme, but at any rate it is something.
- Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
- The flesh all these skimpy ones had lost, solid people had put on.
- Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy
- What with the skimpy skirt and the high heels she could scarcely walk.
- Extract from : « Ruth Fielding Down East » by Alice B. Emerson
- Their skimpy portions of stew were spooned on magnesium plates.
- Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- They were in a starving panic to get back to the skimpy flesh-pots of a darker Egypt.
- Extract from : « Mountain » by Clement Wood
- The skimpy crowd had milled about for a half hour screaming "Author, author!"
- Extract from : « The Mind Digger » by Winston Marks
- You enter the tree-level through a fringe of skimpy and wind-beaten scouts.
- Extract from : « The Alps » by Martin Conway
- His clothing was on the skimpy side when uniforms were subtracted.
- Extract from : « Frigid Fracas » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
Antonyms for skimpy
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