9. Describing people: appearance and mannerisms

thin in an attractive way

• slender

• scrawny

• gangling/gangly

• obese

• stout

unattractively thin and bony-looking

• slender

• scrawny

• gangling/gangly

• obese

• stout

very tall and thin, and usually moving awkwardly

• slender

• scrawny

• gangling/gangly

• obese

• lanky

tall, with long, thin arms and legs and rather awkwardmovements; often used of men and boys

• slender

• scrawny

• gangling/gangly

• obese

• lanky

very fat, in an unhealthy way

• slender

• scrawny

• gangling/gangly

• obese

• lanky

with a quite large, solid body; used of men and women

• stout

• stocky

• bulked up

• lean

• wiry

increased in body size, especially by gainingmore muscle

• stout

• stocky

• bulked up

• lean

• wiry

short and with a body that iswide across the shoulders and chest

• stout

• stocky

• bulked up

• lean

• wiry

thin and healthy

• stout

• stocky

• bulked up

• lean

• wiry

thin but strong

• stout

• stocky

• bulked up

• lean

• wiry