Beefy and Skeletal

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Beefy adjective - Strongly and heavily built.

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Skeletal is an antonym for beefy.

Nearby Words: beef, beefing, beefed

Skeletal adjective - Suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease.

Usage example: the stray kitten's skeletal body was pitiful to look at

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Beefy is an antonym for skeletal.

Nearby Word: skeleton

Oddly, they can become beefy even if they're, you know, skeletal.

Source: Video Game / Castle Crashers

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Skeletal and Beefy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beefy/skeletal

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