rawboned
- adjective
- /ˈrɔːboʊnd/
- The rawboned hound was quick and agile despite its slim appearance.
- tall and rawboned
- big and rawboned
- rawboned man
Examples
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She admired his rawboned frame, which seemed to reflect both strength and endurance.
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"He was terribly handsome in a rawboned fashion.
Fiction book (1995) -
Her face is rawboned, fierce, and almost masculine in its edges and planes.
Fiction book (1998) -
The driver is Lemalle (35), a tall, ugly, rawboned Canadian.
Fiction book (1993) -
She was a tall, rawboned girl, with large hands and feet, a red complexion, and hair so red that, in the sun, it appeared to be on fire.
Fiction book (1992) -
He sat down in the chair, his long rawboned legs, stark bare below the robe, stretched out before him.
Fiction book (1996) -
She took a liking to the rangy, rawboned cowboy who had drifted like a tumbleweed into her busy life.
Fiction book (1998) -
Cogline saw him clearly as he stepped into the moonlight, big and rawboned, with a face that was hollowed and pitted and eyes that were empty of life.
Fiction book (1991) -
His tall, rawboned physique made him an imposing figure in the boxing ring.
Synonyms
Very thin and weak in a way that looks unhealthy
Very thin with bones showing under the skin
Thin so you can see or feel the bones
Having ribs that show because a person or animal is very thin
Antonyms
How Lean
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rawboned comes from the simple parts raw and bone, like the phrase 'raw bone', which gives the picture of skin thin over bones. So, rawboned means very thin and bony.