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Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
emaciation
maceration
gauntness
bonyness
emaciation
maceration
gauntness
bonyness
1
His body was thin and fine and tight, with a healthy
emaciation
.
2
She's thin almost to the point of
emaciation
,
and pale as milk.
3
Even in her waxy whiteness and unnatural
emaciation
,
her face was good.
4
This man appeared in tolerable health as to body, his
emaciation
excepted.
5
Hard to tell, due to his bruises and
emaciation
under the rags.
1
We obtained them in enormous abundance in a
maceration
of fish.
2
For the production of the huile and pomade they are treated by
maceration
.
3
A sinful mortal like thyself; but worn down with long vigils and
maceration
.
4
This fleshly
maceration
is the symbolic preparation for the conversion he subsequently undergoes.
5
They are treated by
maceration
and enfleurage, chiefly the latter.
1
Spider's arms, impossibly strong for their
gauntness
,
cradled her against his chest.
2
His features, always inclined to
gauntness
,
became even sharper and more pronounced.
3
The
gauntness
,
she knew, was a side effect of cold sleep.
4
He had lost weight, and his cheekbones stuck out with
gauntness
.
5
It showed a woman of mournfully beautiful
gauntness
,
jacket draped over her shoulder.
1
The doctor felt the
boniness
of his own face and hands.
2
They were an odd couple: Brutish, fat and carnal, Poor, a stick figure-thoughsturdy in her
boniness
-
constantly
grubbing
,
ever fearful.
3
"The food, my lord?" persisted the unlovely
boniness
that was Marilla Theron.
4
"You needn't worry over my
boniness
,
"
she assured him cheerfully.
feel the boniness
unlovely boniness