be skin and bone(s)
Definition
› to be extremely thin: She was (just) skin and bone(s).Thin or slender (of people)Not fit and healthyNarrow and thin
(Definition of be skin and bone(s) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anorexic adjective
- anorexic noun
- cadaverous adjective
- elfin adjective
- emaciated adjective
- hatchet-faced adjective
- hollow adjective (EMPTY)
- lissome adjective
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- slenderize verb
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