as in gaunt
suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease
the stray kitten's skeletal body was pitiful to look at
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The world beneath them is a trap of mutated insects, noxious gases and skeletal monsters that bear some resemblance to the White Walkers in Game of Thrones.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
An arm at the bottom of the print is a subtle reference to the skeletal arm in Munch’s 1895 Self-Portrait—a connection that the couple emphasized by hanging the two prints near each other in their home.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Manganese is also involved in skeletal health by regulating the activity of osteoblasts and osteoclasts, specialized cells that build up and break down bone tissue, respectively.6
Manganese is also required to produce collagen, a major component of bone tissue and your skin.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 5 Feb. 2025
An explosion shakes the camera, and two skeletal buildings—the only ones visible on the entire block—collapse in a mushroom cloud.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2024
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
An arm at the bottom of the print is a subtle reference to the skeletal arm in Munch’s 1895 Self-Portrait—a connection that the couple emphasized by hanging the two prints near each other in their home.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Manganese is also involved in skeletal health by regulating the activity of osteoblasts and osteoclasts, specialized cells that build up and break down bone tissue, respectively.6
Manganese is also required to produce collagen, a major component of bone tissue and your skin.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 5 Feb. 2025
An explosion shakes the camera, and two skeletal buildings—the only ones visible on the entire block—collapse in a mushroom cloud.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Skeletal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeletal. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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