lissom
/'lisəm/ Cách viết khác : (lissome) /'lisəm/ (lithesome) /'laiðsəm/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Moving and bending with ease: Describes a person or body that is graceful, flexible, and agile in movement. It implies a smooth, effortless, and supple quality.
Usage and Examples
- Adjective:
- The dancer's lissom movements captivated the audience.
- Gymnasts need to have a lissom physique to perform complex routines.
- The yoga instructor demonstrated a lissom pose with incredible ease.
Advanced Usage
- "Lissom grace": A phrase used to describe a particularly elegant and fluid quality of movement.
- The cheetah ran with a lissom grace that was breathtaking to watch.
Variants and Related Words
- Lissome (adj): An alternative spelling with the same meaning.
- She was as lissome as a willow branch.
- Lithesome (adj): A synonym meaning supple and graceful.
- Suppleness (n): The quality of being flexible and bending easily.
- Lissomness (n): The state or quality of being lissom.
Synonyms
- Supple: Bending and moving easily and gracefully.
- Lithesome: Gracefully thin and flexible.
- Agile: Able to move quickly and easily.
- Graceful: Having smooth, attractive, and controlled movement.
- Nimble: Quick and light in movement or action.
Antonyms
- Stiff: Not easily bent or moved.
- Clumsy: Awkward in movement or action.
- Inflexible: Not capable of being bent; rigid.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "As lissom as a cat": A simile describing someone who moves with the quiet, fluid grace of a feline.
- The thief moved through the dark house as lissom as a cat.
Adjective
- moving and bending with ease