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View definitions for skin and bones

skin and bones

phrase as in scrawny

phrase as in underweight

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Toward the end William looked like the skin-and-bones remnant of a saint.

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On this page you'll find 219 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to skin and bones, such as: ashen, bag of bones, blanched, bloodless, consumptive, and dead.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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