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Detailed Synonyms for boniness in English

boniness:

boniness [the ~] noun, American

  1. the boniness
    the boniness; the bonyness
  2. the boniness
    – extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) 1
    the emaciation; the boniness; the maceration; the bonyness; the gauntness
    – extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) 1

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  1. extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)1

boniness form of bony:

bony adj

  1. bony
  2. bony
  3. bony
    bony
  4. bony
  5. bony
    – having bones especially many or prominent bones 1
    bony; boney
    – having bones especially many or prominent bones 1
    • bony adj
      • a bony shad fillet1
      • her bony wrist1
      • bony fish1
    • boney adj
  6. bony
    – 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
    • skeletal adj
      • a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys1
  7. bony
    – composed of or containing bone 1
    bony; osteal; osseous
    – composed of or containing bone 1

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Related Definitions for "bony":

  1. having bones especially many or prominent bones1
    • a bony shad fillet1
    • her bony wrist1
    • bony fish1
  2. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold1
    • emaciated bony hands1
  3. composed of or containing bone1