tenuous 音标拼音: [t'ɛnjəwəs]
a . 稀薄的,微细的,纤细的,脆弱的
稀薄的,微细的,纤细的,脆弱的
tenuous adj 1 :
having thin consistency ; "
a tenuous fluid "
2 :
very thin in gauge or diameter ; "
a tenuous thread "
3 :
lacking substance or significance ; "
slight evidence "; "
a tenuous argument "; "
a thin plot ";
a fragile claim to fame "
[
synonym : {
flimsy }, {
fragile }, {
slight }, {
tenuous }, {
thin }]
Tenuous \
Ten "
u *
ous \,
a . [
L .
tenuis thin .
See {
Thin },
and cf .
{
Tenuis }.]
1 .
Thin ;
slender ;
small ;
minute .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Rare ;
subtile ;
not dense ; --
said of fluids .
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1913 Webster ]
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1913 Webster ]
132 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tenuous ":
adulterated ,
aerial ,
air -
built ,
airy ,
aloof ,
atomic ,
attenuate ,
attenuated ,
boyish ,
broken ,
chimerical ,
cloud -
built ,
corpuscular ,
cut ,
dainty ,
delicate ,
detached ,
diaphanous ,
dilute ,
diluted ,
disconnected ,
discontinuous ,
discrete ,
doubtful ,
dreamlike ,
dubious ,
embryonic ,
ethereal ,
evanescent ,
fanciful ,
fatuitous ,
fatuous ,
feeble ,
fine ,
fine -
drawn ,
finespun ,
flimsy ,
fragile ,
frail ,
gapped ,
gaseous ,
gauzy ,
germinal ,
girlish ,
gossamer ,
gossamery ,
gracile ,
granular ,
hazy ,
illusory ,
imaginary ,
impalpable ,
imperceptible ,
imponderable ,
inappreciable ,
incoherent ,
inconsistent ,
indiscernible ,
infinitesimal ,
insignificant ,
insubstantial ,
intangible ,
invisible ,
lacy ,
light ,
microcosmic ,
microscopic ,
misty ,
molecular ,
nebulous ,
negligible ,
nonadherent ,
nonadhesive ,
noncoherent ,
noncohesive ,
open ,
paltry ,
papery ,
phantomlike ,
rare ,
rarefied ,
reedy ,
shadowy ,
shaky ,
sketchy ,
slender ,
slenderish ,
slight ,
slight -
made ,
slim ,
slimmish ,
slinky ,
small ,
spirituous ,
subatomic ,
subtile ,
subtle ,
svelte ,
sylphlike ,
thin ,
thin -
bodied ,
thin -
set ,
thin -
spun ,
thinned ,
thinned -
out ,
thinnish ,
threadlike ,
trifling ,
twiggy ,
ultramicroscopic ,
unadhesive ,
uncoherent ,
uncohesive ,
uncompact ,
uncompressed ,
unconnected ,
unjoined ,
unreal ,
unseeable ,
unsubstantial ,
untenacious ,
vague ,
vaporous ,
wasp -
waisted ,
watered ,
watered -
down ,
watery ,
weak ,
willowy ,
windy ,
wiredrawn ,
wispy
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