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What is another word for
insubstantial
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Not having a physical existence
Lacking strength and solidity
Flimsy, or made of flimsy material
Little or inadequate in amount, level or degree
Hardly convincing or plausible
Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate
Having no use, purpose or reason
Made of thin or poor-quality metal
Tending to raise doubts or questions
Impractical and foolishly idealistic
Lacking depth or substance, especially intellectually
Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect
(
of a faculty or part of the body
)
Reduced in quality or efficacy
Lacking in brightness
Not highly intellectual or cultured
Physically slender, skinny or thin
Lighthearted and casually cheerful
Passing or disappearing with time
Evasive or deliberately ambiguous in nature
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Adjective
▲
Not having a physical existence
immaterial
incorporeal
ethereal
bodiless
intangible
spiritual
formless
nonmaterial
unbodied
unsubstantial
imaginary
illusory
metaphysical
impalpable
nonphysical
spectral
fanciful
discarnate
chimerical
phantom
airy
unreal
phantasmal
visionary
phantasmic
aerial
fancied
indefinable
false
imagined
vague
untouchable
hallucinatory
illusive
indescribable
indistinct
obscure
unclear
delusive
figmental
ghostlike
imponderable
ephemeral
illusionary
inexistent
non-existent
imperceptible to the touch
disembodied
ghostly
wraithlike
supernatural
unearthly
unembodied
shadowy
unfleshly
apparitional
disincarnate
unworldly
asomatous
psychic
dreamlike
heavenly
celestial
incorporate
spiritlike
disbodied
dreamy
insensible
subjective
uncorporal
transcendental
non-physical
discorporate
spooky
non-material
otherworldly
unphysical
eerie
unobservable
unapparent
invented
misleading
fantastical
chimeric
other-worldly
fantasied
imaginal
fantastic
ostensible
seeming
made-up
uncorporeal
creepy
hypothetical
dim
imperceptible
invisible
evanescent
uncanny
weird
elusive
undescribable
ghastly
delicate
fine
unperceivable
frivolous
haunted
unable to be touched
cadaverous
deathlike
shadowlike
mystic
corpselike
mystical
transcendent
vampiric
numinous
inner
wraithy
mythical
fictitious
eldritch
psychological
psychical
extramundane
fabulous
platonic
refined
rarefied
saintly
pure
supernal
mythic
deceptive
eidolic
fictional
pretend
fictive
ideal
not material
suppositious
romantic
nonexistent
specious
fallacious
notional
supposititious
phantasmagoric
fantasy
spurious
delusory
abstract
pretended
unbelievable
nebulous
in your head
thought up
make-believe
deceiving
beguiling
misconceived
deceitful
deluding
mistaken
incredible
dreamed-up
quixotic
vain
apparent
out of this world
in error
untrue
fake
sham
erroneous
bogus
wrong
fraudulent
fabricated
phony
US
distorted
phoney
UK
inaccurate
unfounded
dishonest
sophistical
pseudo
fishy
whimsical
incorrect
untruthful
concocted
counterfeit
unsound
insincere
inexact
two-faced
apocryphal
faked
trumped up
mock
misguided
blue-sky
unreliable
made up
imprecise
assumed
casuistic
forged
misrepresentative
treacherous
counterfactual
tricky
semblant
truthless
illogical
invalid
faulty
flawed
feigned
baseless
cooked-up
ersatz
pretentious
bent
queer
sophistic
double-dealing
phantasmagorical
two-timing
hollow
off
untrustworthy
contrived
perfidious
duplicitous
imaginative
mendacious
artificial
lying
dissembling
crooked
shifty
guileful
trumped-up
ambiguous
groundless
double-crossing
surreal
unsubstantiated
unproven
framed
Hollywood
plant
brummagem
put-on
snide
pirate
copied
affected
imitation
crock
ungrounded
disingenuous
nightmarish
psychedelic
factitious
mad
unreasoned
faithless
reasonless
not genuine
won't fly
soft shell
not kosher
legendary
improper
devious
cheating
dodgy
way off
colored
US
coloured
UK
underhand
forsworn
imagal
mythological
improvised
dishonourable
UK
sneaky
unscrupulous
adopted
corrupt
shady
dissimulating
fool's paradise
fibbing
underhanded
dishonorable
US
perjured
Janus-faced
hollow-hearted
unreasonable
irrational
mocking
phantasm
fakey
impostrous
chimeral
wild
economical with the truth
absurd
hoax
unrealistic
utopian
Kafkaesque
bizarre
simulated
phantasmagorial
phantasmagorian
cod
devised
off the mark
contrary to fact
trick
synthetic
estimated
academic
all in the mind
conceived
glib
not true
not the case
hyped up
dreamt up
equivocating
plausible
cunning
pretending
slippery
theoretical
undependable
credible
probable
sophisticated
empty
flattering
ostentatious
meretricious
presumptive
likely
captious
colorable
nugatory
presumable
idle
delusional
prevaricating
misrepresenting
misstating
committing perjury
perjurious
inventing
falsifying
seemingly correct
dubious
questionable
Barmecidal
Barmecide
storybook
confusing
supposed
furtive
not trustworthy
not dependable
not to be depended on
fly-by-night
not to be trusted
fair-weather
blue sky
pipe dream
evasive
virtual
plausible but wrong
apparently right
casuistical
unstraightforward
equivocal
all in one's head
perplexing
bewildering
mistakable
demagogic
catchy
distracting
confounding
puzzling
figment of imagination
product of someone's imagination
unfaithful
disloyal
hypocritical
traitorous
inconstant
defrauding
recreant
fickle
treasonable
base
adulterous
scoundrelly
falsehearted
venal
malicious
villainous
foul
mythomaniac
malevolent
rascally
apostate
renegade
wicked
mean
double-faced
back-stabbing
false-hearted
unsupported
foundationless
uncorroborated
iffy
misinformed
dicey
ill-founded
off beam
without foundation
without basis
full of holes
way off beam
more ❯
“At times, the book is about as convincing as a fairytale, proffering only light and
insubstantial
imaginings.”
Adjective
▲
Lacking strength and solidity
breakable
flimsy
fragile
light
slight
weak
frail
jerry-built
makeshift
ramshackle
rickety
shaky
tottery
unstable
wobbly
cheap
gimcrack
shoddy
badly built
thrown together
frangible
delicate
unsound
brittle
vulnerable
decrepit
easily broken
dodgy
shatterable
fracturable
insecure
crumbly
friable
unsteady
feeble
destructible
splintery
easily damaged
wonky
defective
shattery
fine
teetery
smashable
unsubstantial
destroyable
unsafe
tottering
easily destroyed
dainty
vitreous
crisp
crispy
eggshell
unreliable
dangerous
tenuous
not solid
superficial
rinkydink
not robust
not safe
disintegrating
decaying
crumbling
debilitated
house of cards
sickly
ailing
enfeebled
rough
crude
falling to pieces
failing
clumsy
faltering
unrefined
invalid
artless
faint
puny
rude
anile
lame
shabby
slipshod
anemic
US
ill
weakly
anaemic
UK
jerry-rigged
carelessly built
rough-hewn
jury-rigged
rough-and-tumble
rough-and-ready
simple
primitive
rough and ready
basic
unfinished
rudimentary
improvised
plain
rustic
precarious
dilapidated
rocky
coarse
awkward
undeveloped
tumbledown
scratch
cobbled together
unpolished
roughhewn
rattletrap
undressed
incomplete
spartan
austere
homespun
homemade
in the rough
wild-and-woolly
ad-lib
hastily prepared
impromptu
haphazard
unskilled
bungling
incompetent
inept
inelegant
unsophisticated
maladroit
cheaply done
crude but effective
off-the-cuff
quick-and-dirty
spur-of-the moment
cheaply made
unbalanced
broken
rumpty
derelict
infirm
wavering
tumble-down
broken-down
shacky
shambly
on its last legs
uncomplicated
elementary
amateurish
crass
unprocessed
raw
inexact
imperfect
rudimental
imprecise
unfashioned
roughly-made
roughly made
approximate
inartistic
unprecise
green
inexpert
more ❯
“As one pack of financial cards falls after another, we will experience a cleansing of the most exposed and
insubstantial
parts of the economy.”
Adjective
▲
Flimsy, or made of flimsy material
flimsy
gauzy
gossamer
filmy
gossamery
cobwebby
unsubstantial
frothy
sleazy
thin
delicate
diaphanous
fine
sheer
light
gauzelike
floaty
airy
lightweight
transparent
feathery
wispy
chiffony
see-through
fragile
ethereal
translucent
ultra-fine
frail
gossamer-like
tiffany
silky
dainty
chiffon
papery
soft
gossamer-thin
silken
wafer-thin
slight
weightless
fluffy
lacy
subtle
shimmering
threadlike
underweight
featherweight
featherlight
exquisite
finespun
unheavy
elegant
fibrous
translucid
light as a feather
transpicuous
tenuous
paperlike
pellucid
vaporous
graceful
refined
papyraceous
very thin
chartaceous
fine-grained
fine-spun
paper
paper-thin
frangible
clear
cobweb
summery
skimpy
frilly
lacelike
intricate
lace-like
glossy
floating
iridescent
subtile
permeable
deficient
smooth
nice
flyaway
cottony
tissuelike
incorporeal
nuanced
detailed
loose
cardboard
feather-like
gentle
porous
recherche
choice
wisplike
nebulous
portable
compact
easy to carry
weighing very little
easy to lift
featherlike
not heavy
transportable
imponderous
ultra-thin
beautiful
lovely
superficial
elaborate
opulent
fancy
exact
ornate
lavish
recherché
minute
lush
luxurious
deluxe
rare
sophisticated
luxuriant
tasteful
select
hairsplitting
extravagant
artistic
first-class
hairline
stylish
cultivated
fashionable
charming
meticulous
grand
discerning
polished
precise
pretty
modish
sumptuous
comely
narrow
urbane
courtly
smart
distinguished
attractive
plush
aesthetic
UK
majestic
divine
striking
extraordinary
chic
suave
esthetic
US
filigree
superfine
open
meshy
floatable
gauze-like
exotic
flowing
overnice
patterned
netlike
net
net-like
attenuated
slender
spongy
far-fetched
esoteric
arcane
minuscule
abstruse
fine-drawn
showy
complex
complicated
painstaking
slim
small-boned
petite
downy
atmospheric
involved
florid
balletic
lithe
reedy
twiggy
fastidious
methodical
hair-splitting
cute
sweet
flowy
well-executed
well-made
well-crafted
delightful
pleasing
dressy
ornamental
bonny
darling
precious
birdlike
dinky
neat
handsome
classic
dignified
cultured
dashing
classy
stately
noble
decorous
swanky
ostentatious
ornamented
genteel
affected
debonair
august
superior
high-class
schmick
aristocratic
overdone
stylized
well-designed
well-dressed
a la mode
well-bred
more ❯
“A whitish
insubstantial
fabric forms the background with wide, soft blue ribbons forming a crisscross pattern.”
Adjective
▲
Little or inadequate in amount, level or degree
inadequate
meagre
UK
insufficient
paltry
poor
deficient
measly
meager
US
slight
inconsiderable
inappreciable
insignificant
weak
trifling
feeble
flimsy
thin
trivial
inconsequential
unsatisfactory
tenuous
unsubstantial
too little too late
negligible
petty
unimportant
minor
piddling
frivolous
small
irrelevant
incidental
nugatory
immaterial
picayune
of no account
minute
worthless
nominal
little
piffling
fiddling
of no consequence
of no importance
of little consequence
of little importance
Mickey Mouse
foolish
footling
niggling
not worth mentioning
piddly
lightweight
light
meaningless
pimping
pointless
nickel-and-dime
non-essential
small-fry
of no moment
inessential
no-account
de minimis
superficial
of little account
casual
nonessential
small-bore
shallow
not worth speaking of
peanut
chicken
scanty
not worth bothering about
extraneous
dinky
small-time
silly
minuscule
secondary
lesser
peripheral
shoestring
puny
unconvincing
neither here nor there
lame
implausible
unbelievable
pathetic
questionable
incredible
improbable
unpersuasive
untenable
inconceivable
valueless
marginal
vapid
pettifogging
exiguous
inferior
trite
idle
sketchy
flat
ignorable
nondescript
infinitesimal
purportless
senseless
minimal
unnecessary
penny-ante
mere
two-bit
of minor importance
of little import
doesn't matter
twopenny-halfpenny
small potatoes
beside the point
of no significance
threadbare
weak-kneed
rinky-dink
inappropriate
skimpy
no biggie
all the same
two bit
entry level
of no value
of no merit
mean
everyday
diminutive
microscopic
useless
frothy
nothing
zip
zero
zilch
null
indifferent
tinpot
nowhere
no great shakes
of no great concern
low priority
skin-deep
tame
indecisive
half-hearted
tiny
derisory
pitiful
mingy
token
subordinate
poxy
lower
beggarly
contemptible
junior
base
shabby
unconsiderable
inconsequent
scratch
cheap
more ❯
“At the beginning of the merger, there were
insubstantial
funds for any serious recapitalization effort.”
Adjective
▲
Hardly convincing or plausible
implausible
incredible
improbable
unbelievable
unlikely
preposterous
inconceivable
unconvincing
fantastic
doubtful
dubious
absurd
fanciful
ridiculous
questionable
fantastical
unreasonable
unrealistic
incredulous
uncompelling
debatable
farfetched
unplausible
shallow
unsound
far-fetched
hard to swallow
not likely
hard to believe
full of holes
cock and bull
unthinkable
unimaginable
flimsy
weak
impossible
suspect
thin
unconceivable
fishy
unsubstantial
puzzling
tall
reachy
problematic
obscure
for the birds
cock-and-bull
full of it
won't wash
far out
too much
won't hold water
outlandish
bizarre
beyond belief
extravagant
exaggerated
nonsensical
ludicrous
incongruous
outrageous
dubitable
misleading
embellished
suspicious
sensational
illogical
farcical
hard to take
laughable
extraordinary
incoherent
hyperbolic
disputable
strange
scarcely credible
labored
US
laboured
UK
overblown
fabricated
false
iffy
untrue
untruthful
spectacular
mind-boggling
shady
equivocal
distorted
embroidered
arguable
unreliable
astonishing
difficult to believe
strained
unreal
incogitable
cockamamie
out of the ordinary
off the wall
wild
dishonest
weird
peculiar
astounding
odd
curious
untrustworthy
remote
histrionic
unpersuasive
untenable
whimsical
crazy
blown up
unapt
staggering
queer
grandiose
oddball
make-believe
amazing
forced
infeasible
reaching
flakey
US
flaky
UK
off-the-wall
open to doubt
remarkable
unusual
wondrous
tenuous
invented
contradictory
flawed
made-up
uncommon
self-contradictory
slight
faint
rare
fabulous
untoward
contrary
breathtaking
unimagined
phenomenal
harebrained
unheard-of
insupposable
uncredible
kooky
scatterbrained
cockeyed
lamebrained
screwy
phoney
UK
phony
US
specious
outside chance
highly unlikely
less likely
trifling
feeble
lame
fairy-tale
rings phony
undependable
not in the least likely
unsatisfactory
inadequate
pathetic
transparent
ponderous
ineffectual
not able to hold water
out of the question
mind-blowing
eye-popping
jaw-dropping
poor
unimpressive
past belief
complicated
unnatural
contrived
elaborate
half-baked
hokey
overdone
not convincing
beyond the bounds of possibility
irrational
eccentric
insane
imaginary
mad
illusory
foolish
comical
visionary
erratic
wacky
romantic
artificial
zany
capricious
ambitious
illusive
daft
singular
extreme
barmy
hallucinatory
suppositious
different
potty
outré
hare-brained
out of sight
cock-eyed
more ❯
“I made a perhaps startling but, I believe, not
insubstantial
argument for considering ourselves, and this earth, as the center of the universe.”
Adjective
▲
Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate
scant
meagre
UK
insufficient
scanty
inadequate
sparse
scarce
paltry
deficient
meager
US
skimpy
limited
exiguous
measly
small
negligible
poor
short
little
minimal
wanting
slight
spare
inconsiderable
inappreciable
slender
stingy
slim
sparing
light
thin
minimum
skimp
few
miserable
bare
puny
weak
barren
scrimpy
tenuous
unfinished
flimsy
unproductive
shabby
subtle
mere
infertile
scrimp
unfruitful
too little
hand-to-mouth
not enough
hardly any
little or no
barely sufficient
too little too late
modest
piddling
low
insignificant
restricted
nominal
trifling
derisory
lean
miserly
tiny
pitiful
lacking
trivial
pathetic
marginal
piffling
mingy
beggarly
shy
infinitesimal
reduced
ungenerous
mean
nugatory
in short supply
bereft
petty
base
lowly
too few
inconsequential
sketchy
picayune
incommensurate
piddly
incomplete
tight
rare
fractional
failing
destitute
feeble
subnormal
lamentable
bitty
imperfect
token
too small
contemptible
minute
poxy
frugal
imperceptible
revealing
economical
lousy
stunted
brief
stinted
unsubstantial
incidental
hard to come by
at a premium
finite
few and far between
low-cut
drained
dinky
unsatisfactory
pitiable
smallish
see-through
indecent
unsufficient
niggling
disappointing
missing
little bitty
fragmentary
laughable
lame
thinning
sporadic
short-handed
low on
short on
parsimonious
junk
depleted
hard to find
ordinary
thin on the ground
exhaustible
dry
despicable
like gold dust
not to be had
low in numbers
faint
not to be had for love nor money
needed
vague
scarcer than hen's teeth
infrequent
minuscule
not making it
not hacking it
coming up short
unconsiderable
woeful
shoestring
sad
insipid
gentle
bush-league
unqualified
devoid
minus
unfitted
incapable
unample
incompetent
circumscribed
defined
definite
determinate
measured
rudimentary
patchy
basic
short of
out of
set
faulty
partial
ineffectual
diminished
scattered
uncommon
dwindling
occasional
middling
straggling
minor
sorry
narrow
wretched
unusual
mediocre
cut
deprived
diddly
unfrequent
seldom seen
seldom met with
no more than
worthless
out of gas
valueless
close
inferior
microscopic
basal
on the small side
very little
dispersed
less
scrubby
shoddy
confined
humble
running low
next to no
thinly distributed
run-down
truncated
threatened
shortened
seldom found
next to none
not much
very small
in the minority
widely spaced
at a low level
with an insufficiency
jejune
out of the ordinary
substandard
defective
absolute
strapped for
pushed for
just
very
only
odd
with an insufficiency of
irregular
isolated
with too little …
wanting in
with too few …
lacking in
intermittent
nothing more than
exceptional
unaccustomed
no better than
only a
just a
fitful
plain
seldom
spasmodic
unwonted
semioccasional
sometime
stray
moderate
restrained
temperate
austere
ascetic
spartan
simple
out of the common
once in a blue moon
as scarce as hens' teeth
without
bankrupt
denuded
void
bare of
empty of
devoid of
free from
bereft of
denuded of
vacant of
deficient in
destitute of
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having no use, purpose or reason
worthless
useless
futile
ineffective
pointless
fruitless
vain
ineffectual
unproductive
profitless
unprofitable
empty
unavailing
valueless
bootless
meaningless
barren
senseless
nugatory
inadequate
hollow
insignificant
trivial
inconsequential
trifling
inutile
null
chaffy
unimportant
counterproductive
junky
paltry
inferior
poor
lame
unusable
pathetic
sterile
banal
unsatisfactory
unfructuous
negligible
deficient
nothing
miserable
petty
unessential
wanky
pants
waste
defective
measly
trashy
poxy
rubbishy
silly
wretched
piddling
abandoned
bogus
ignoble
mediocre
meritless
rubbish
to no avail
no use
no-good
of no benefit
not much cop
two a penny
a dead loss
not valuable
aimless
idle
otiose
purposeless
irrelevant
of no use
motiveless
unsuccessful
abortive
vapid
of no value
rambling
lacking foundation
not serious
inane
unvaluable
unreal
of little worth
frivolous
cheap
inefficacious
insincere
without value
dead
lacking value
unsubstantial
insipid
substanceless
groundless
feckless
hopeless
purportless
deplorable
feeble
impotent
baseless
unpurposed
vacant
throwaway
pitiful
sorry
casual
contemptible
despicable
unfounded
unhelpful
good-for-nothing
pitiable
shameful
lamentable
disgraceful
sad
woeful
in vain
of no avail
insufficient
dishonorable
US
without grounds
without foundation
crummy
meagre
UK
meager
US
dishonourable
UK
puny
to no purpose
unrewarding
needless
wasted
to no effect
impractical
unnecessary
without rhyme or reason
inefficient
superfluous
unremunerative
unfruitful
redundant
lost
inept
weak
inoperative
thwarted
incompetent
failed
scrap
mindless
expendable
nonsensical
dysfunctional
unprolific
stupid
impracticable
unuseful
powerless
doomed
nonproductive
losing
without success
self-defeating
no dice
no good
not useful
footling
negative
unworkable
nonfunctional
baulked
UK
unreasonable
unfunctional
unavailable
wasteful
thankless
dry
foiled
unsuitable
goalless
uncreative
indiscriminate
fatuous
forlorn
unyieldly
delusive
vacuous
unconstructive
frustrated
nongermane
disadvantageous
balked
US
inexpedient
gainless
on a treadmill
incapable
not helpful
Sisyphean
uncalled-for
broken
drifting
uncalled for
not worth the candle
unsalable
adverse
pyrrhic
puerile
maladaptive
specious
uneconomic
absurd
unserviceable
dysregulated
of no earthly use
objectless
stillborn
nonpractical
self-sabotaging
scant
resultless
exhausted
unneeded
blocked
insane
self-destructive
unbeneficial
inoperable
uninformative
non-successful
nonconstructive
dull
frustaneous
unlucrative
wandering
no good to gundy
boring
Pyrrhic
adrift
for nought
stale
uninspiring
misfired
not needed
gratuitous
uninteresting
tedious
arid
flat
commonplace
helpless
impossible
not pertinent
for naught
designless
thoughtless
witless
illogical
irrational
wanton
spinning one's wheels
wild goose chase
time-wasting
oblivious
lacklustre
UK
dreary
monotonous
drab
unstimulating
prosaic
lifeless
humdrum
no-win
misleading
slight
unnotable
void
delusory
unjustified
desultory
brainless
random
unfilled
clear
going nowhere
ill-fated
bleak
unmeaning
unsound
undirected
ridiculous
floundering
haphazard
in vicious circle
not a prayer
lackluster
US
unachievable
despaired of
beyond remedy
wishy-washy
hit-or-miss
unused
unwanted
excess
extra
ill-suited
unfit
inappropriate
limited
unsuited
supernumerary
leftover
incompatible
flimsy
junk
inconvenient
unequal
unable
not proper
incommodious
unadvantageous
wanting
inapt
lousy
inconsistent
not good enough
improper
unqualified
inadmissible
remaining
discarded
spare
surplus
left over
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Made of thin or poor-quality metal
tinny
cheap
flimsy
inferior
thin
shoddy
low-grade
poor-quality
tawdry
trashy
cheapjack
gimcrack
jerry-built
rubbishy
tacky
tatty
poor
worthless
bad
mediocre
lousy
terrible
miserable
junky
rotten
execrable
wretched
common
schlock
bum
sleazy
schlocky
trumpery
coarse
cheesy
duff
rubbish
ropy
makeshift
rickety
grotty
ramshackle
crude
naff
second-rate
low-rent
el cheapo
badly built
bargain-basement
thrown together
third-rate
cut-rate
substandard
inadequate
pitiful
crummy
sad
deficient
shabby
below standard
abject
abysmal
appalling
atrocious
awful
dreadful
dismal
unsatisfactory
below par
lamentable
deplorable
insufficient
unacceptable
frightful
dire
diabolical
pants
imperfect
faulty
tenth-rate
lame
defective
direful
egregious
subpar
below average
paltry
a load of pants
bush-league
cheap and nasty
dissatisfactory
under par
bodger
cheapo
nasty
punk
two-bit
dime-a-dozen
tinhorn
base
disappointing
run-down
not up to much
weak
feeble
crumby
craptacular
suboptimal
less-than-stellar
not up to scratch
not up to standard
average
meretricious
weak sauce
pitiable
half-pie
dud
cheap-jack
grubby
junk
no great shakes
cruddy
ratty
sorry
not much cop
cheapie
kitsch
scroungy
lemon
dime-store
a dime a dozen
Brummagem
bottom-rung
twopenny-halfpenny
two a penny
entry-level
pinchbeck
brassy
low-end
second-class
rinky-dink
tattered
indifferent
ropey
commonplace
low-quality
end-of-the-pier
piss-poor
unpleasant
disagreeable
uncomfortable
horrible
hateful
second-best
wanting
off
wrong
wack
ill
bush
sour
strictly for the birds
of a sort
pathetic
poorly
useless
contemptible
second class
off-colour
UK
from hunger
slipshod
dilapidated
plastic
low
gaudy
dingy
scruffy
broken-down
seedy
pretentious
inglorious
mean
low-down
sub-par
off-color
US
not up to snuff
valueless
middling
lacking
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Tending to raise doubts or questions
tenuous
weak
doubtful
dubious
flimsy
questionable
shaky
nebulous
sketchy
fragile
vague
hazy
insignificant
suspect
unspecific
indefinite
indeterminate
unconvincing
unsubstantiated
unsound
unreliable
iffy
unsupported
dodgy
unreasonable
uncertain
unclear
false
implausible
undependable
disputable
debatable
dubitable
unfounded
spurious
ungrounded
specious
fishy
untrue
groundless
untrustworthy
baseless
obscure
rocky
risky
open to doubt
fallible
open to question
imprecise
conjectural
suspicious
defective
speculative
arguable
wrong
illogical
equivocal
fallacious
erroneous
shady
ill-founded
unproven
unwarranted
inaccurate
foundationless
improbable
uncorroborated
unlikely
unjustified
unconfirmed
unverified
doubtable
invalid
chancy
disreputable
nonvalid
incorrect
mistaken
deceptive
flawed
unattested
controversial
untenable
problematical
unestablished
problematic
queer
flakey
US
pseudo
unstable
flaky
UK
sham
unsubstantial
incongruous
suppositive
suppositious
far-fetched
fabricated
misleading
untruthful
wide of the mark
off-target
without basis
without foundation
not backed up by evidence
controvertible
contentious
borderline
vulnerable
moot
issuable
precarious
approximate
rough
slight
in doubt
negotiable
insecure
perilous
untested
falsified
fake
unsure
indecisive
open to debate
open to suspicion
subject to debate
unsettled
faulty
dicey
misguided
gratuitous
misinformed
not reliable
not dependable
nonrational
illegitimate
unreasoning
irrational
feeble
bottomless
hollow
sophistic
incredible
unreal
misty
fantastic
unbacked
casuistic
inconsequent
inconsequential
unbelievable
ambiguous
preposterous
outlandish
easily threatened
uncalled-for
absurd
trumped-up
trumped up
off-base
exaggerated
unapt
indistinct
unimaginable
fanciful
impossible
assailable
bizarre
outrageous
extravagant
embellished
indescribable
nonsensical
inconceivable
overblown
sensational
unrealistic
laughable
hyperbolic
farcical
farfetched
spectacular
incoherent
confused
tall
muddled
opaque
embroidered
distorted
contradictory
imponderable
unformed
unpersuasive
ludicrous
muddy
beyond belief
hard to swallow
inchoate
unformulated
ill-defined
cock and bull
blown up
off the wall
self-contradictory
hard to define
impalpable
mysterious
hard to describe
unjustifiable
presumed
assumed
not validated
hard to believe
undecided
unresolved
open
disputed
contestable
up in the air
in question
mootable
in dispute
undetermined
open to discussion
marginal
enigmatic
cryptic
hypothetical
at issue
contested
vexed
touch-and-go
up for discussion
pending
unanswered
theoretical
suppositional
puzzling
unpredictable
academic
shonky
inconclusive
notional
clouded
supposed
exceptionable
putative
theoretic
postulated
contended
betwixt and between
bone of contention
the jury's out
presupposed
between sixes and sevens
academical
suspected
contingent
between rock and hard place
unconcluded
under suspicion
tentative
conditional
not kosher
unsolved
yet to be decided
to be decided
in the balance
tricky
paradoxical
unsafe
challenging
ambivalent
sub judice
unknown
inexplicit
enigmatical
unintelligible
clear as dishwater
tenebrous
far from certain
unprovable
unclassifiable
apocryphal
undefined
inexact
up for grabs
occult
funny
in limbo
odd
not obvious
not definite
under examination
open for discussion
not yet settled
at risk
under advisement
yet to be settled
ridiculous
abstract
inferred
untrusted
ignored
neglected
surmised
not quite right
potentially dangerous
potentially false
unquestioned
unnoticed
unrefuted
unchallenged
postulational
ideational
guesstimated
figured
reputed
guessing
surmising
erratic
capricious
whimsical
fluctuant
incalculable
based on guesswork
in lap of gods
in the lap of the gods
on a hunch
on a long shot
disputatious
divisive
delicate
sensitive
difficult
polemical
conjectured
emotive
provocative
tendentious
polemic
awkward
debateable
imaginary
debated
hot
under discussion
notorious
hot-button
heated
presumptive
conjecturable
imagined
assumptive
concocted
provisory
stochastic
proposed
made up
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Impractical and foolishly idealistic
airy-fairy
unconvincing
fanciful
feeble
flimsy
lightweight
shaky
chimerical
idealistic
impractical
incorporeal
unfocused
unrealistic
unsound
vague
without substance
Adjective
▲
Lacking depth or substance, especially intellectually
frivolous
superficial
simplistic
glib
trivial
shallow
flimsy
facile
silly
frothy
simple
lightweight
oversimplified
puerile
uncritical
inane
piddling
unintellectual
impractical
thoughtless
unprofound
wishy-washy
lacking in sense
empty
oversimple
trite
trifling
devoid of substance
jejune
schematic
sketchy
cursory
ignorant
meaningless
surface
hollow
unscholarly
farcical
featherbrained
vain
paltry
foolish
unintelligent
flighty
unthinking
petty
skin-deep
one-dimensional
half-baked
empty-headed
depthless
casual
surface-level
without depth
passing
artificial
slapdash
flippant
desultory
perfunctory
brief
scatterbrained
giddy
dizzy
ditzy
harebrained
goofy
birdbrained
ditsy
yeasty
futile
lightheaded
formulaic
light-headed
naive
token
light-minded
offhand
pat
bubblegum
careless
quick
summary
generic
incidental
cosmetic
slight
short
dime-store
glancing
black and white
rattlebrained
fickle
bird-brained
valueless
undemanding
hasty
hurried
slick
flat
weak
cardboard
lazy
flip
slipshod
rapid
basic
unimportant
inconsequential
smattery
simplified
lacking in depth
feather-brained
simple-minded
petty-minded
unimaginative
two-dimensional
childish
condensed
mean-minded
formularized
insipid
spiritless
overly simplified
characterless
banal
vacuous
vapid
soulless
passionless
namby-pamby
milk-and-water
uninterested
inattentive
mechanical
light
routine
automatic
lighthearted
random
sloppy
half-hearted
hit or miss
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect
decrepit
dilapidated
shabby
ramshackle
seedy
crumbling
tumbledown
threadbare
rickety
derelict
decaying
rundown
battered
worn
tacky
ruined
deteriorated
deteriorating
bedraggled
decayed
rumpty
unsound
fragile
flimsy
tired
creaky
creaking
used
antiquated
superannuated
haggard
quavering
shaking
broken-down
run down
run-down
worn out
worn-out
beat-up
falling to pieces
falling apart
in ruins
in disrepair
worse for wear
on its last legs
tumble-down
weather-beaten
gone to rack and ruin
in a state of disrepair
ill-maintained
neglected
scruffy
tatty
ratty
tatterdemalion
tattered
grungy
mean
dumpy
timeworn
miserable
moth-eaten
sleazy
mangy
scrubby
dog-eared
bombed-out
down-at-the-heels
dingy
down-at-heel
old
ragged
disintegrating
ruinous
shacky
squalid
shambly
gone to seed
faded
uncared-for
frayed
grotty
crummy
shoddy
unkempt
raggedy
the worse for wear
slummy
damaged
shaky
down at heel
unmaintained
insalubrious
wretched
holey
scuzzy
sorry
having seen better days
broken
falling apart at the seams
poor
rotten
impaired
untended
well worn
in tatters
worn to shreds
beat up
collapsing
crumbly
tottering
patched
desolate
injured
depressed
degenerated
rent
warby
destroyed
in holes
broken down
breaking up
in bad condition
poorly maintained
badly maintained
down-at-the-heel
in a bad way
seen better days
sordid
wrecked
rotting
decomposing
torn
withering
marred
pitiful
disfigured
ripped
slipshod
frowzy
frazzled
eroding
in ribbons
infirm
in rags
time-worn
raggedy-ass
in poor condition
clapped out
caving in
falling in
on your last legs
all the worse for wear
full of holes
used up
coming apart at the seams
used-up
badly worn
beaten-up
outworn
disheveled
US
dishevelled
UK
uncared
ancient
old-fashioned
shredded
clapped-out
peaked
shattered
sere
raunchy
unimproved
beat
downgone
wrinkled
weathered
overworked
overused
condemned
dismal
subsiding
moldering
US
putrefying
peeling
disreputable
rugged
bare
meager
US
cure
pot
busted
dinged
totaled
lined
wizened
meagre
UK
grubby
world-worn
below par
under par
uncared for
beaten up
in bad repair
out of condition
out at elbows
filthy
fallen-in
fallen in
rinky-dink
knocked around
mouldering
UK
scungy
dodgy
poorly made
in shreds
torn to pieces
yucky
skanky
unpleasant
munted
fordone
shot
irreparable
blasted
irremediable
manky
dirty
botched
spoilt
UK
mutilated
spoiled
US
harmed
ragtag
poverty-stricken
down at the heel
messy
worn-down
wrung out
pegged out
well-worn
scabby
coming undone
rank
mucky
indigent
impoverished
sick
sticky
gunky
gungy
bad
unstable
mediocre
wobbly
untidy
substandard
tawdry
base
lousy
ordinary
paltry
unsteady
middling
low-grade
menial
second-rate
two-bit
sad
precarious
low-rent
insecure
tottery
dying
declining
corroded
waning
unsafe
weak
rocky
frail
disintegrated
breaking
crumbled
degenerating
unbalanced
abandoned
failing
perishing
decrepit. in ruins
falling down
feeble
forsaken
languishing
oxidising
UK
oxidizing
US
in decline
rusting
wavering
rattletrap
on the decline
jerry-built
on the way out
wearing away
on the rocks
breaking down
cheap
seamy
trashy
inferior
junky
common
rubbishy
cheapjack
execrable
gimcrack
slumlike
rough
trumpery
nasty
el cheapo
slum-like
cruddy
slovenly
worthless
sloppy
distressed
low
unprepossessing
cheapo
skeezy
punk
slimy
cheesy
third-rate
poor-quality
subpar
lame
deficient
schlocky
tinny
limp
rubbish
ropy
duff
bush-league
unsavoury
UK
dime-a-dozen
down and dirty
low-class
inadequate
unsavory
US
scroungy
terrible
average
dowdy
sucky
dreadful
schlock
meretricious
frumpy
cut-rate
bum
coarse
bargain-basement
pitiable
stodgy
dud
tinhorn
a dime a dozen
junk
entry-level
cheap and nasty
pinchbeck
below average
lemon
faulty
kitsch
gaudy
bottom-rung
naff
two a penny
defective
not up to much
cheapie
dime-store
Brummagem
below standard
not up to snuff
second-class
twopenny-halfpenny
brassy
low-end
done
overcrowded
deformed
shopworn
buckled
warped
cracked
poky
scraggy
well-read
well-thumbed
abnormal
garbagy
awful
atrocious
disadvantaged
deprived
unsatisfactory
abject
pathetic
unspeakable
lamentable
unacceptable
wanting
deplorable
bush
horrible
abominable
crumby
suboptimal
dissatisfactory
wrong
unoccupiable
unlivable
needy
destitute
stonewashed
pants
beastly
shlocky
wack
woeful
a load of pants
ghastly
God-awful
unsightly
off
scummy
scurvy
repulsive
godforsaken
low-quality
disastrous
calamitous
shlock
gross
underprivileged
shanty
ghetto
skid row
ghost
daggy
uninhabitable
slobbish
slobby
sloven
slatternly
frowsy
blowsy
blowzy
frumpish
dishonest
crooked
smirched
homely
plain
baggy
mumsy
dreary
ill-dressed
badly dressed
not smart
unseemly
crude
cheap-jack
bodger
plastic
pretentious
inglorious
makeshift
low-down
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
of a faculty or part of the body
)
Reduced in quality or efficacy
weak
inadequate
poor
deficient
inferior
bad
imperfect
inefficient
limited
reduced
substandard
defective
faulty
feeble
flawed
impotent
ineffectual
insufficient
little
lousy
low
mediocre
suboptimal
subpar
abject
inappreciable
inconsiderable
ineffective
lacking
meager
US
meagre
UK
paltry
restricted
sparing
unsatisfactory
wanting
abysmal
appalling
atrocious
awful
deplorable
diabolical
dire
dismal
dreadful
execrable
hopeless
lamentable
miserable
piddling
shabby
shoddy
subnormal
terrible
disappointing
dissatisfactory
low-grade
pathetic
pitiful
rotten
rubbish
wretched
below par
under-strength
below standard
unacceptable
lame
crummy
crumby
second-rate
junky
bush-league
duff
bush
off
cheap
not up to scratch
wrong
wack
punk
schlocky
unsound
crude
below average
trashy
rubbishy
unworthy
sad
displeasing
ropy
sour
ill
nasty
pants
grotty
not up to par
gimcrack
no good
low-quality
third-rate
jerry-built
unsuitable
frightful
useless
bum
tenth-rate
distressing
unimpressive
damaged
schlock
under par
less-than-stellar
inept
cheapjack
not up to standard
a load of pants
not up to snuff
second rate
tinny
amiss
tatty
base
trifling
woeful
undesirable
sucky
sleazy
middling
horrible
unsatisfying
junk
lemon
abominable
worthless
craptacular
minimal
common
laughable
not good enough
cheesy
coarse
trumpery
insignificant
cut-rate
el cheapo
bargain-basement
cruddy
low-rent
ghastly
no-good
poor-quality
unstable
ailing
undistinguished
uninspired
in poor condition
incompetent
off-form
less than ideal
dilapidated
unspeakable
insufficiently powered
not strong enough
low-powered
sorry
yucky
beastly
incapable
minor league
small potatoes
from hunger
not satisfying
minor-league
unable to do something for toffee
a dead loss
inproficient
very poor
unable to do something to save one's life
unproficient
very bad
run down
disastrous
dirty
flimsy
shlocky
calamitous
seedy
ratty
shlock
God-awful
unsightly
grubby
scabby
scummy
scurvy
repulsive
gross
sordid
godforsaken
down at heel
mean
not okay
objectionable
found wanting
not acceptable
bereft
dissatisfying
disagreeable
impermissible
intolerable
insufferable
inadmissible
inappropriate
disturbing
disconcerting
disquieting
regrettable
underpowered
valueless
for the birds
no great shakes
not much cop
leaving a lot to be desired
direful
egregious
weak sauce
malfunctioning
inoperative
knackered
impaired
buggy
unhealthy
unreliable
not working
not functioning
out of order
non-functioning
gone wrong
on the blink
on the bum
contemptible
pitiable
despicable
poxy
vile
chronic
second-class
two-bit
tawdry
sneaking
unpleasant
disgraceful
horrendous
odious
ordinary
measly
loathsome
detestable
foul
offensive
trivial
sub-par
shocking
obnoxious
average
disgusting
shameful
dime-a-dozen
petty
godawful
sickening
stinking
hack
poorer
tacky
abhorrent
good-for-nothing
horrid
déclassé
hateful
pits
distasteful
indifferent
revolting
puny
reprehensible
dodgy
scandalous
inconsequential
not up to much
rough
unimportant
negligible
repugnant
leaving much to be desired
the pits
poor quality
repellent
unfortunate
hideous
garbage
obscene
bodger
noisome
ignoble
tinhorn
downmarket
low-end
unexceptional
pedestrian
nauseous
low-down
footling
damnable
derisory
fulsome
lowly
grungy
cursed
accursed
grievous
inglorious
beggarly
filthy
minor
piffling
heinous
nauseating
wicked
plebeian
humble
noxious
cheapo
grim
god-awful
hellacious
ugly
evil
confounded
rancid
grody
naff
repellant
dinky
scrubby
twopenny-halfpenny
spiteful
cheap and nasty
hellish
slight
horrifying
amateurish
lower-class
gruesome
simple
commonplace
minute
proletarian
squalid
ignominious
unpalatable
modest
nugatory
heartbreaking
blithering
unpretentious
piss-poor
unrefined
underprivileged
unwelcome
flaming
severe
infernal
bogus
low-ranking
icky
cheap-jack
obscure
cheapie
vulgar
dingy
humdrum
disgustful
loathly
stinky
of a sort
not good
unfit
plebby
tragic
unkind
run-down
low-born
scanty
scant
a dime a dozen
entry-level
bottom-rung
two a penny
afflictive
malicious
harmful
upsetting
cruel
unfair
inexcusable
desperate
unlucky
hurtful
vicious
small
careless
dishonorable
US
dishonourable
UK
unwarranted
sketchy
nominal
uncharitable
unfavourable
UK
poorly
dislikable
off-colour
UK
unfavorable
US
picayune
niggling
piddly
monstrous
exiguous
pimping
wanky
mean-spirited
catastrophic
peanut
chicken
reject
futile
worse
pointless
makeshift
rueful
unappetizing
unproductive
profitless
unprofitable
strictly for the birds
empty
unavailing
mingy
subsidiary
meaningless
scurrilous
indefensible
irremediable
barren
malodorous
half-baked
of poor quality
baseborn
unsavoury
UK
meretricious
uninviting
smelly
inutile
thrown together
villainous
half-pie
unremarkable
unwashed
rank
acrid
putrid
fetid
US
skanky
polluted
mephitic
counterproductive
pongy
whiffy
uncalled for
dirty rotten
dud
unusable
sterile
lowborn
prole
smudged
bedraggled
stained
mucky
besmirched
yukky
befouled
smutty
blackened
miasmal
sullied
bemired
dusty
unclean
uncleanly
niffy
black
draggled
bitter
grimy
funky
uncongenial
unlovely
unpleasing
unsavory
US
harsh
muddy
begrimed
soiled
de minimis
off-color
US
Mickey Mouse
festy
yucko
olid
nothing
unessential
below the belt
uncouth
lumpen
foetid
UK
poison
ungodly
unholy
waste
kitsch
scroungy
silly
abandoned
pinchbeck
tattered
Brummagem
brassy
off-putting
working-class
of low birth
sick-making
low-life
of low rank
rinky-dink
dime-store
on the nose
no-account
unhappy
piteous
out of sorts
sick
crook
off colour
overwhelming
unbearable
misbegotten
garbagy
negligent
derisible
well below par
exceptionable
outrageous
outclassed
end-of-the-pier
uncomfortable
bungling
rickety
ropey
worst
ramshackle
corny
cheeseball
dislikeable
inexpert
unskilful
unpopular
throwaway
catchpenny
tremendous
second-best
patchy
failing
tinpot
illegal
unpolished
twopenny
brummagem
degenerate
from hell
catty
brackish
malevolent
second class
alarming
slipshod
undesired
incomplete
stupid
poopy
scrappy
cataclysmic
drossy
hairy
revulsive
brutal
badly built
extremely bad
low in quality
blah
slovenly
not up to expectations
plastic
scruffy
pretentious
gaudy
broken-down
heartrending
rebarbative
harrowing
raunchy
downer
diddly
bummer
bad news
fallacious
erroneous
not the best
ridiculous
absurd
ludicrous
foolish-looking
affecting
blameworthy
poisonous
distressful
third string
second string
second fiddle
slimy
fair
sorrowful
grave
rock-bottom
lowest of the low
the dumps
untoward
ersatz
mournful
ungenerous
tragical
mere
unwanted
ill-advised
too bad
melancholy
horrific
hurting
gut-wrenching
pettifogging
peripheral
cringe-making
of little account
nickel-and-dime
fruitless
vain
very little
dubious
questionable
lesser
bootless
insupportable
condemnable
out
inacceptable
senseless
evil-smelling
foul-smelling
hollow
null
chaffy
secondary
subordinate
menial
of low quality
second-string
junior
subservient
unassuming
banal
not on
won't do
unfructuous
demeaning
degrading
ancillary
second-fiddle
smaller
bottom
meritless
slighter
lower
servile
lower-ranking
to no avail
no use
not valuable
of no benefit
small-fry
small-time
lower in status
third-string
undersized
subjacent
lower in rank
back seat
less important
second-banana
beneath someone
below someone
under someone's heel
not very important
not so important
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Adjective
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Lacking in brightness
waterish
pale
anaemic
UK
anemic
US
ashen
ashy
blanched
bleached
bloodless
cadaverous
colorless
US
colourless
UK
deathlike
dim
doughy
dull
faded
faint
feeble
ghastly
gray
US
grey
UK
haggard
inadequate
ineffective
ineffectual
livid
lurid
pallid
pasty
poor
sallow
sick
sickly
spectral
thin
unsubstantial
wan
washed-out
watery
waxen
waxlike
weak
white
whitish
muted
hazy
gloomy
lacklustre
UK
badly lit
subdued
poorly lit
lackluster
US
soft
pasty-faced
milky
drawn
whey-faced
jaundiced
chalky
washed out
paled
peaky
tired-looking
sapped
ghostly
mealy
discoloured
UK
deathly
peaked
drained
etiolated
wheyfaced
listless
like death warmed up
bilious
white as a sheet
discolored
US
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Adjective
▲
Not highly intellectual or cultured
lowbrow
popular
lightweight
mass-market
tabloid
unsophisticated
philistine
pop
accessible
downmarket
easy-to-understand
inferior
rubbishy
shallow
simple
simplistic
trashy
uncultured
unpretentious
cheap
dumbed-down
intellectually undemanding
plebeian
undemanding
unscholarly
easy to understand
middle-of-the-road
lay
general
amateur
approachable
simplified
plain
easy
straightforward
understandable
intelligible
middlebrow
familiar
embraced
bland
non-technical
non-specialist
non-professional
readily understood
lay person's
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Physically slender, skinny or thin
frail
slim
thin
skinny
slender
scrawny
lanky
reedy
bony
spindly
twiggy
scraggy
skeletal
emaciated
gaunt
light
weedy
lithe
anorectic
anorexic
ultrathin
waifish
stick-like
waiflike
gangling
gangly
spare
lean
rangy
lank
puny
slight
attenuated
angular
starved
underweight
undernourished
wasted
cadaverous
fragile
meager
US
meagre
UK
lightweight
delicate
stalky
rawboned
beanstalk
beanpole
twiglike
ethereal
featherweight
haggard
pinched
stringy
raw-boned
size-zero
stick
underfed
rickety
slinky
small
rarefied
shriveled
US
threadlike
fleshless
attenuate
wan
shrivelled
UK
wizened
narrow
all skin and bones
thin as a rake
thin as a rail
tall
spindling
slightly built
skin-and-bones
undersized
feeble
weak
underdeveloped
long-limbed
long-legged
leggy
little
fine
hungry
wiry
gawky
wraithlike
pint-sized
shadow
stilt
peaked
subtle
pole
small-boned
gossamer
airy
tenuous
svelte
willowy
sylphlike
gracile
boney
fatless
macilent
starveling
looking like a bag of bones
as thin as a rake
sticklike
scraggly
hollow-cheeked
spindle-shanked
like a skeleton
skin and bone
like a matchstick
as thin as a reed
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Adjective
▲
Lighthearted and casually cheerful
airy
cheerful
happy
merry
carefree
breezy
cheery
upbeat
blithe
buoyant
chirpy
untroubled
unworried
genial
casual
lighthearted
nonchalant
insouciant
flippant
indifferent
unconcerned
heedless
uncaring
debonair
light
unthinking
unserious
unconsidered
whimsical
light-hearted
gay
jaunty
sprightly
sunny
jolly
ebullient
peppy
joyful
bright
jovial
vivacious
gleeful
glad
sparkling
exuberant
bubbly
joyous
mirthful
blithesome
animated
happy-go-lucky
effervescent
gladsome
sparky
chipper
jocund
peart
elated
radiant
grinning
laughing
lively
frolicsome
smiling
optimistic
positive
smiley
full of the joys of spring
good-humoured
UK
in high spirits
zippy
good-humored
US
bouncy
content
hopeful
zingy
full of beans
cock-a-hoop
lightsome
without a care in the world
of good cheer
spirited
in good spirits
perky
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
full of vim and vigour
contented
full of hope
jubilant
jocular
blissful
euphoric
jocose
ecstatic
festive
winsome
eupeptic
canty
pleasant
high-spirited
easy-going
convivial
hilarious
full of life
fun-loving
bright and breezy
energetic
devil-may-care
dynamic
delighted
vibrant
zestful
overjoyed
gratified
thrilled
pleased
vigorous
facetious
satisfied
playful
exultant
frisky
enthusiastic
rapturous
tickled
chuffed
hearty
entertaining
beaming
fun
scintillating
bubbling
wrapped
enlivening
cheerly
thankful
larking
perk
jokey
slaphappy
joshing
wonderful
cheering
Pickwickian
daffy
irrepressible
high
enjoyable
over the moon
as merry as a grig
lots of laughs
on cloud nine
on cloud seven
beside oneself with joy
on top of the world
alert
active
vital
brisk
bouncing
bonny
haphazard
irresponsible
hit-or-miss
beatific
easygoing
amiable
vivid
lusty
bucked
rapt
enraptured
transported
pleasurable
stoked
popping
flying
flipping
fantastic
brash
loony
jollying
festal
humorous
nutty
chaffing
delightful
dizzy
bantering
roseate
up
sanguine
zappy
snappy
rosy
good-natured
elastic
slap-happy
full of fun
swaggering
doing handsprings
floating on air
gamesome
as lively as a grig
off-the-wall
zesty
full of pep
sunny side up
glass half full
excited
frolic
crank
free and easy
alive and kicking
heartening
heartwarming
blessed
frivolous
dismissive
sportive
funny
ludic
friendly
relaxed
at ease
comfortable
fulfilled
serene
placid
at peace
tranquil
complacent
tickled pink
amusing
assuaged
careless
agreeable
appeased
impetuous
free
pleased as punch
can't complain
laid-back
blasé
gladdened
comic
cool
chucklesome
witty
diverting
calm
willing to accept
smug
willing
without a care
smart
imperturbable
sympathetic
easy
unruffled
chilled
prankish
reckless
welcome
pleasing
easeful
indulgent
unhurried
together
unfazed
unflappable
glowing
boon
boisterous
peaceful
exhilarated
riotous
uproarious
jumping
grooving
orgasmic
rhapsodic
saturnalian
entranced
paradisiacal
paradisiac
rousing
well
rollicking
paradisal
rhapsodical
enchanted
paradisaical
rocking
rejoicing
triumphant
paradisaic
captivated
blest
entertained
magical
wild
intoxicated
Panglossian
in a good mood
in seventh heaven
on a high
rip-roaring
blissed out
tickled to death
feel-good
starry-eyed
flying high
always smiling
looking good
as pleased as Punch
as happy as a clam
as happy as a sandboy
walking on air
rose-colored
as happy as Larry
jumping for joy
like a dog with two tails
ever-smiling
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Passing or disappearing with time
transient
brief
temporary
passing
fleeting
ephemeral
momentary
transitory
impermanent
evanescent
short
fugacious
fugitive
flash
flitting
flying
deciduous
fading
volatile
unstable
temporal
mutable
moving
flighty
short-lived
short-term
fly-by-night
here today and gone tomorrow
quick
cursory
meteoric
hasty
swift
rapid
fast
little
limited
hurried
lightning
perfunctory
summary
instantaneous
vanishing
perishable
rushed
short-lasting
tenuous
elusive
shifting
short and sweet
non-permanent
flashing
abrupt
not permanent
wee
sudden
curtailed
gone in flash
in wink of an eye
unenduring
acute
flash in the pan
small
erratic
infinitesimal
succinct
quickie
precipitous
mortal
interim
fly by night
episodic
inconstant
overnight
incidental
superficial
desultory
vaporous
glancing
short-run
here today, gone tomorrow
short-haul
of short duration
short and sharp
impulsive
over in a heartbeat
gone in a heartbeat
whistle-stop
double time
here-today-gone-tomorrow
whirlwind
prompt
more ❯
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▲
Evasive or deliberately ambiguous in nature
elusive
evasive
ambiguous
misleading
deceptive
equivocal
elusory
oracular
unspecific
abstract
greasy
stonewalling
tricky
vague
enigmatic
intangible
oblique
unclear
inexact
imprecise
inexplicit
obscure
indefinite
roundabout
indeterminate
indistinct
cryptic
puzzling
perplexing
equivocating
prevaricating
circumlocutory
circuitous
gnomic
shifty
uncertain
hazy
periphrastic
nebulous
Delphic
foggy
blurry
shadowy
murky
indistinguishable
confused
mysterious
dubious
arcane
opaque
fuzzy
confusing
indiscernible
undetermined
dark
undefined
unexplicit
tenebrous
ill-defined
dim
faint
blurred
misty
amorphous
bleary
cloudy
formless
unsure
gauzy
unsettled
unformed
nebulose
blear
shapeless
debatable
pale
distant
dreamlike
impalpable
indefinable
lacking definition
out of focus
unresolved
speculative
unpredictable
incalculable
unforeseeable
doubtful
abstruse
borderline
unknown
iffy
dicey
dodgy
indecisive
inconclusive
suspicious
in the balance
up in the air
open to question
in doubt
enigmatical
fuliginous
mystic
occult
duplicitous
inscrutable
questionable
contradictory
muddled
paradoxical
elliptic
deep
elliptical
amphibological
clouded
unintelligible
open
muzzy
disreputable
clear as mud
two-edged
double-edged
indirect
slippery
cagey
cunning
devious
shuffling
deceitful
dissembling
sophistical
casuistical
casuistic
false
noncommittal
non-committal
more ❯
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