SKELETAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
   Synonym(s)
   • bony (what does bony mean?)
   • cadaverous (what does cadaverous mean?)
   • emaciated (what does emaciated mean?)
   • gaunt (what does gaunt mean?)
   • haggard (what does haggard mean?)
   • pinched (what does pinched mean?)
   • wasted (what does wasted mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • thin (what does thin mean?)
   • lean (what does lean mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
   Usage Example(s)
   • the skeletal system
   • skeletal bones
   • skeletal muscles
   Pertainym(s)
   • skeletal system (what does skeletal system mean?)
   • skeleton (what does skeleton mean?)
   • frame (what does frame mean?)
   • systema skeletale (what does systema skeletale mean?)