Is skinny always considered a compliment?

For some people it can be but for others it can be insulting or hurtful, depends how it is used when speaking to someone and also not knowing if they have a eating disorder. They could be anorexic , or suffer with bulimia , also some do not have money to eat on so they could be skinny for that reason. It is very hard to know what someone is going through so we want to assume they love being skinny but in reality they are hurting possibly. We have to work on how we speak to others and try to get too know them before we speak because words can hurt even if we mean nothing by our words.

I would never see skinny as a compliment. As someone who volunteers at a hospice I see people literally waste away. It's awful to see. I also associate being skinny with being stressed as at a time in my life when I was very stressed I lost a lot of weight. Now that is not to say that you are not beautiful if you are skinny but it really depends on your perception of what the word means. That's the issue with adjectives, they don't mean the same thing for everyone. However, for me, skinny means emaciated and overly thin.

Being skinny in modern culture is viewed as something that everyone should be. Don’t listen to this culture. Be the shape, size, color, or mood you think fits you. Being skinny should have nothing to do with how you are viewed in society. Be the person you were born to be and never let anyone try to conform you to a certain size. You are beautiful no matter what and should never view yourself as anything less. Let the world know that whatever size you are is a compliment. You are a complement to the world so let the world know it.

It depends, a lot of the time it can be a compliment but sometimes it may be in regards to your health getting worse. How you feel when you get called skinny is an important factor too so try thinking about it. Everyone feels different ways and goes through different things so in some cases skinny may not be a compliment because they feel like they are being lied to and they want to be perfect or they just want someone to notice that they are screaming out for help. This is NOT attention seeking just to clarify. So the answer to your question is no it is not always a compliment, it can be a concern, an insult and so much more

As meaning of every sentence or phrase depends on situation, also meaining of sentence that you are skinny depends on situation, in which context it was said, in which connotation it was said, by who it was said, where it was said, when it was said and so on. For example, if you are among overweight people who adore being overweight and see being overweight as something desirable, there being skinny wouldn't be considered a compliment but just a remark which can show that you don't fit into their group. If you are among people who value being skinny, above mentioned sentence could be considered a compliment.

Through my experience, no, although it is most of the time. People can use it to tease you for not being politicly correct enough, or tease you if you are very body-positive. It can also just be served plain. Someone may tell you you are skinny, and need to eat more to be pretty. As someone who has gone through the hell that is anorexia, this happens a lot. It is deliverd more freely then calling someone fat though, no one will frown upon you for saying someone needs to eat more. It is hard to wield the word as a weopon though.

Not always. Some people have commented about how skinny I am because they are concerned for my health. However, most of the time, when acquaintances say I'm skinny, they mean it as a compliment. I think it also varies depending on culture. In America, where I live, being skinny is almost always an admirable trait to have, so if a stranger says you're skinny then it's probably a compliment. However, context also matters. I have been to a doctor's office for a health check-up and was told that I was skinny and that it may be beneficial to gain a few pounds. In that case, they did not mean it as a compliment. They were stating it as more of a neutral or slightly negative fact, since gaining a few pounds could have meant better health for me at the time.

I would say no. It depends a lot on the context. If a woman is derisively called "skinny" to insult a lack of curves or a man is called skinny to insult a lack of muscle, or if someone is teased for being too thin or appearing emaciated, all of those can feel pretty terrible, no doubt. Additionally, some people dislike their weight or size being commented on regardless, especially if that person has dealt with any types of eating disorder or weight issues in the past. I personally think that unless you know someone has a specific healthy weight goal and you observe that they are nailing it/sticking to that goal, there are a million better things to compliment than someone's size.

Depending on how you feel after it being said to you or someone else, say you felt happy then its a compliment and if you felt offended then its not a compliment. This because a compliment is suppose to make you feel good and appreciated rather than uncomfortable or irritated. This is my opinion toward how a compliment should be, although many prefer a better wording for it to be a proper compliment like saying you look fit/ fitter or thin/ thinner, since the word skinny is usually used as a bad thing. I hope this answered your question and/or was helpful.

I would always consider people calling me skinny as a compliment but when my mom started to call me too skinny was when I started to feel bad and it started messing with how I felt. Calling people skinny may be considered a compliment depending on how or with what intention the person was trying to deliver.