Skeletal and Thin

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Skeletal

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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Thin is a synonym for skeletal in wasted topic. In some cases you can use "Thin" instead an adjective "Skeletal".
Nearby Word: skeleton

Thin

Thin adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.
Usage example: after her bout with pneumonia, she looked thinner
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Skeletal is a synonym for thin in fine topic. You can use "Skeletal" instead an adjective "Thin", if it concerns topics such as skinny.
Nearby Words: thinned, thinly, thinness, thinning

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  • The Children in Galaxy of Fear live mostly off fungi, and even though they're human each one of them is so thin as to be skeletal.
    Source: Magic Mushroom
  • Their endoskeletons resemble thin skeletal robots, which are a far cry from the more complex endoskeletons in real animatronics.
    Source: Artistic License – Engineering
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