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skeletal

[skel-i-tl] / ˈskɛl ɪ tl /
ADJECTIVE
wasted
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bony emaciated
WEAK
atrophied attenuated cadaverous drawn famished gaunt haggard lank lean scrawny shriveled shrunken skin and bones skinny starved thin underfed undernourished withered
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fat heavy overweight plump

Example Sentences

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These species represented a range of evolutionary branches, body sizes, and skeletal features.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

Low muscle mass was defined as a skeletal muscle mass index below 9.36 kg/m2 for men and below 6.73 kg/m2 for women.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

The palm wood snaking through the center of Mohammad Al Faraj’s eerie installation seems like the skeletal vertebrae of some giant creature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Now the creatures' skeletal remains appear to have been found in an Iron Age dig near Cordoba.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

So I had nothing to compare the skeletal man lying on a hospital bed to, except my own face.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat