Flimsier

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flimsy \Flim"sy\, a. [Compar. {Flimsier}; superl. {Flimsiest}.]
     [Cf. W. llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf.
     {Limsy}.]
     Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or
     solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without
     reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse,


     objection.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines.  --Pope.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
                                                    --Sheridan.
  
     Syn: Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flimsy
       adj 1: lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy
              construction"; "a fragile link with the past" [syn: {fragile}]
       2: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse";
          "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
          [syn: {slight}, {tenuous}, {thin}]
       3: very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile";
          "light summer dresses" [syn: {light}]
       4: resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments
          with cardboard walls" [syn: {cardboard}]
       n : a thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially
           for making carbon copies [syn: {onionskin}]
       [also: {flimsiest}, {flimsier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flimsier
       See {flimsy}