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Defenition of the word bony

    • Defenition of the word bony

      • having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"
      • very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "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"
      • composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue"
      • very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "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"
      • having bones especially many or prominent bones
      • very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
      • composed of or containing bone

    Synonyms for the word bony

      • boney
      • cadaverous
      • emaciated
      • gaunt
      • haggard
      • lanky
      • lean
      • osseous
      • osteal
      • pinched
      • scrawny
      • skeletal
      • skin and bones
      • skinny
      • thin
      • underweight
      • wasted

    Similar words in the bony

      • bone
      • boned
      • bonelike
      • bony
      • lean
      • strong-boned
      • thin

    Antonyms for the word bony

      • boneless

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