bony

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adjective

1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Syn:
cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched,
skeletal, wasted
• Similar to:
thin, lean
• Derivationally related forms:
gauntness (for: gaunt), boniness, bonyness
2. composed of or containing bone
- osseous tissue
• Syn:
osseous, osteal
• Pertains to noun:
bone, bone (for: osteal), bone (for: osseous)
• Derivationally related forms:
bone
3. having bones especially many or prominent bones
- a bony shad fillet
- her bony wrist
- bony fish
• Syn:
boney
• Ant:
boneless
• Similar to:
bone, boned, bonelike, strong-boned
• Derivationally related forms:
bone (for: boney), bone

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  boney, osseous, osteal, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted