like a bag of bones

ADJECTIVE

emaciated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bony gaunt scrawny skeletal skinny

STRONG

atrophied attenuate attenuated famished lean peaked pinched starved wasted

WEAK

cadaverous consumptive haggard lank meager skeletonlike skin and bones thin as a rail underfed wizened

Antonyms

STRONGEST

chubby fat heavy overweight plump thick

STRONG

full

WEAK

overnourished

ADJECTIVE

gaunt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

angular emaciated thin

WEAK

attenuated bony cadaverous haggard lank lean meager peaked peaky pinched rawboned scraggy scrawny skeletal skeleton skin and bones spare wasted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fat heavy thick

WEAK

plump well-nourished

Example Sentences

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Pedro Garcia fell to the ground like a bag of bones.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

In lowering the body it must "give" like a bag of bones fastened loosely together and well padded.

From Power Through Repose by Call, Annie Payson

Her back and shoulders looked like a bag of bones.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

I'm too thin round the chest; nurse says I'm like a bag of bones, and I wouldn't make a smart soldier.

From His Big Opportunity by Le Feuvre, Amy