bony (s)
cadaverous (s)
emaciated (s)
gaunt (s)
haggard (s)
pinched (s)
skeletal (s)
wasted (s)

a00988988

type s
lex_filenum 00
def very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
examples emaciated bony hands
a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
eyes were haggard and cavernous
small pinched faces
kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
Outgoing links
Similar to thin, lean
Derivationally related form gaunt → gauntness
Derivationally related form bony → boniness
Derivationally related form bony → bonyness
Incoming links
Similar to thin, lean
Derivationally related form gauntness → gaunt
Derivationally related form boniness → bony
Derivationally related form bonyness → bony

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