rawboned

  • 71Rauhbein — Rauhbeinn 1.ungesitteter,streitsüchtigerMann;grober,roherBursche.Volksetymologischeingedeutschtausengl»rawboned=dürr,fleischlos«.UrsprünglichSpitznamederfahrendenArtilleristenseitdemErstenSchlesischenKrieg(1740/42);vondaübergegangenaufdieBerlinerB… …

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  • 72haggard — a. 1. Wild, wayward, intractable, unruly, refractory, untamed, not domesticated. 2. Gaunt, lean, meagre, spare, worn, wasted, rawboned …

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  • 73angular — adjective 1) an angular shape Syn: sharp cornered, pointed, V shaped, Y shaped Ant: rounded, curving 2) an angular face Syn: bony, rawboned, lean …

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  • 74emaciated — adjective emaciated bodies Syn: thin, skeletal, bony, gaunt, wasted; scrawny, skinny, scraggy, skin and bones, rawboned, sticklike, waiflike; starved, underfed, undernourished, underweight, half starved; cadaverous, s …

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  • 75gaunt — adjective 1) a gaunt, graying man Syn: haggard, drawn, thin, lean, skinny, spindly, spare, bony, angular, rawboned, pinched, hollow cheeked, scrawny, scraggy, as thin as a rail, cadaverous, skeletal …

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  • 76meager — adjective 1) their meager earnings Syn: inadequate, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, restricted, modest, insufficient, sparse, deficient, negligible, skimpy, slender, poor, miserable, pitiful, puny …

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  • 77scraggy — adjective this scraggy mutt just wandered into our yard Syn: scrawny, thin, as thin as a rake, skinny, skin and bones, gaunt, bony, angular, gawky, rawboned Ant: fat …

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  • 78scrawny — adjective scrawny teenage girls addicted to dieting Syn: skinny, thin, lean, as thin as a rake, skin and bones, gaunt, bony, angular, gawky, scraggy, rawboned, anorexic Ant: fat …

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  • 79skinny — 1. adjective his extreme height made him look especially skinny Syn: thin, scrawny, scraggy, bony, angular, rawboned, hollow cheeked, gaunt, as thin as a rake, skin and bones, sticklike, emaciated, waiflike, skeletal, pinched, undernourished,… …

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  • 80thin — 1. adjective 1) a thin white line Syn: narrow, fine, attenuated Ant: thick, broad 2) a thin cotton nightdress Syn: lightweight, light, fine, delicate …

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