contracted as an adjective: - 1
contracted
adjective
1 contracted
Reduced in size or pulled together.
Roget 195:
contracting
etc.
v.;
astringent;
shrunk,
contracted
etc.
v.;
strangulated,
tabid†,
wizened,
stunted;
waning
etc.
v.;
neap,
compact.
unexpanded
etc.
(expand)
etc.
194†;
contractile;
compressible;
smaller
etc.
(small)
etc.
193.
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Roget 203:
narrow,
close;
slender,
thin,
fine;
thread-like
etc.
(filament)
205;
finespun†,
gossamer;
paper-thin;
taper,
slim,
slight-made;
scant,
scanty;
spare,
delicate,
incapacious†;
contracted
etc.
195;
unexpanded
etc.
(expand)
etc.
194†;
slender as a thread.
[in reference to people or animals]
emaciated,
lean,
meager,
gaunt,
macilent†;
lank,
lanky;
weedy,
skinny;
scrawny slinky [U.S.];
starved,
starveling;
herring gutted;
worn to a shadow,
lean as a rake
[Chaucer];
thin as a lath,
thin as a whipping post,
thin as a wafer;
hatchet-faced;
lantern-jawed.
attenuated,
shriveled,
extenuated,
tabid†,
marcid†,
barebone,
rawboned.
monomolecular.
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