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Synonyms for skeletal in English

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skeletal:
- wasted; gaunt; bony; haggard; emaciated; pinched; cadaverous; skeletal

English

Detailed Synonyms for skeletal in English

skeletal:

skeletal adj

skeletal

– very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold ¹
wasted; gaunt; bony; haggard; emaciated; pinched; cadaverous; skeletal
– very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold ¹
- wasted adj
  - kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration¹
- gaunt adj
  - a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys¹
- bony adj
  - emaciated bony hands¹
- haggard adj
  - eyes were haggard and cavernous¹
- emaciated adj
  - emaciated bony hands¹
- pinched adj
  - small pinched faces¹
- cadaverous adj
- skeletal adj
  - a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys¹
skeletal

– of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton ¹
skeletal
– of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton ¹
- skeletal adj
  - the skeletal system¹
  - skeletal bones¹
  - skeletal muscles¹

Alternate Synonyms for "skeletal":

system
bony; cadaverous; emaciated; gaunt; haggard; pinched; wasted; thin; lean

Related Definitions for "skeletal":

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold¹
- a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys¹
of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton¹
- the skeletal system¹
- skeletal bones¹
- skeletal muscles¹

Related Synonyms for skeletal

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