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English adjective: skeletal

1. skeletal of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton


SamplesThe skeletal system.
Skeletal bones.
Skeletal muscles.

2. skeletal very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold


SamplesEmaciated 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.


Synonymsbony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, wasted


Similarlean, thin


Antonymsfat









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