bony

Adjective Satellite

• very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  • "emaciated bony hands"

Adjective

• Thin, with prominent bones; resembling bones.
• composed of or containing bone
• having bones especially many or prominent bones
  • "a bony shad fillet"
  • "her bony wrist"
  • "bony fish"

Adj

• Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.
• Full of bones.
• With little flesh; skinny, thin.
• Having prominent bones.

Examples

• He was left with a bony selection of letters, making a bingo impossible.
• That bony fellow could use a few hot dinners.

Synonyms

boney, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, osseous, osteal, pinched, skeletal, wasted

Antonyms

boneless

Anagrams of bony