English dictionary
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English adjective: skeletal | |||
| 1. | skeletal of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton | ||
| Samples | The skeletal system. Skeletal bones. Skeletal muscles. | ||
| 2. | skeletal very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, wasted | ||
| Similar | lean, thin | ||
| Antonyms | fat | ||
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