boney
- adjective
- /ˈboʊni/
- US
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huesudo
First one, you've got a really lean Bony face.
- First one, you've got a really lean Bony face.
- I've got quite large legs, but they look really Bony.
Examples
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I also said you were boney and needed sustenance to live.
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A boney hand rips up from a grave and grabs his leg!
Fiction book (1992) -
Hey, man, you know the price, and then the dude is like, 'Well, he's too boney. What about this fresh young thing?' and he's pointing at me.
Blog text (26) -
He looked boney after weeks of not eating enough food.
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The stray dog was so boney that you could see its ribs.
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After the long illness, she appeared very boney and needed nourishment.
Synonyms
298
1.3
Very thin in a way that looks unhealthy
42
3.2
Thin and not strongly built
40
4.2
Very thin and weak in a way that looks unhealthy
30
2.5
So thin that you can see the bones under the skin
9
5.6
Very thin with almost no fat or muscle
9
6.0
Thin and untidy in appearance, often with rough, uneven ends
8
3.1
Very thin and below a healthy weight for their age and height
7
3.8
Thin and light in form, like a small person or light cloth
5
6.0
Very thin with bones showing under the skin
1
7.0
Very thin person with little or no fat
1
5.4
Very thin and weak, with little muscle
1
8.3
A very thin person or animal with long arms and legs and a narrow face
1
6.0
Very thin in a way that looks like a small branch
Having ribs that show because a person or animal is very thin
Very thin and bony in a way that looks unhealthy
Having a thin, narrow body shape
An animal or object with a slim, narrow body
A thing that has a thin shape compared with others of the same type
Long and thin like a small branch
Relating to bone or made of bone
Antonyms
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Boney comes from the common word bone ('hard part inside the body') plus the ending -y meaning 'full of' or 'having'. So boney describes someone or an animal whose bones show and who is very thin.