Flabby and Skeletal

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Flabby adjective - Giving easily to the touch.

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Skeletal is an antonym for flabby.

Nearby Words: flab, flabbily

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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Flabby is an antonym for skeletal.

Nearby Word: skeleton

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

Flabby & Skeletal. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/flabby/skeletal>.

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