29 entries under tenuous topic. ×

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emaciated(adjective, poor, thin, spare, lean)
10
starved(verb, adjective, thin, little, slim)
9
hungry(adjective, poor, thin, little, slim)
8
skinny(adjective, thin, spare, lean, narrow)
5
spare(adjective, little, slim, underweight)
4
withered(adjective, thin, narrow, little, slim)
2
gangling(adjective, lean, narrow, little, slim)
2
lanky(adjective, lean, narrow, little, slim)
2
scraggy(adjective, thin, lean, narrow, little)
2
slender(adjective, little, slim, underweight)
2
slim(adjective, lean, narrow, little)
1
lacking(lean, narrow, little, slim)
1
lithe(lean, narrow, little, slim)
1
little(weak, feeble, frail, slim, tiny)
1
narrow(lean, little, slim)
1
rattleboned(adjective, thin, spare, lean, narrow)
1
skin and bones(expression, idiom, narrow, little, slim)
1
stinted(lean, narrow, little, slim)
1
stunted(weak, feeble, lean, narrow, little)
1
very thin(expression, lean, narrow, little, slim)
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