Word relationships
Synonyms
bony, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
Local English word record
cadaverous
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Practice this wordExamples
- 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
Source and method
This page uses the locally materialized K5English vocabulary cohort. WordNet, where present, is enrichment only and does not determine K-5 admission.