| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Pale and exhausted, as because of worry or sleeplessness: careworn, drawn, haggard, hollow-eyed, wan, worn. See TIRED. 2. Having little flesh or fat on the body: angular, bony, fleshless, lank, lanky, lean2, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See FAT. 3. Physically haggard: cadaverous, drawn, emaciated, shrunken, skeletal, wasted. Idioms: skin and bones. See BETTER, TIRED.
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