bonier
Leaner and angular
Bonier is the comparative form of bony—having more prominent bones or less flesh covering them.
She looked bonier after the illness.
The bonier cuts of meat require longer cooking.
Abnormally wasted from hunger
- wastedUsed without good result
- haggardExhausted in appearance
- drawnRendered in lines
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
skeletal · pinched · sunken · hollowed · angular · rawboned · scrawny · wizened
emaciated
Abnormally wasted from hunger
cadaverous · skeletal · pinched · sunken · hollowed · angular · rawboned · scrawny · wizened · lank
slender
Thin and graceful
lanky · wiry · angular · spare · rangy · stringy · sinewy · lithe · willowy · streamlined
skeletal
Of or like bones
- ossifiedTurned hard, inflexible
- calcifiedHardened by calcium deposits
- cartilaginousComposed of flexible connective tissue
vertebral · ribbed · spinal · jointed · knobby · angular · protruding · prominent · jutting · hard
lean
Lacking fat; incline
chewy · sinewy · cartilaginous · sparse · meager · dry · unappetizing · difficult · wasteful · inedible