raw-boned

/ɹɔːboʊnd/

adjective

Not plump or muscular; thin so that the outline of bones may be seen; gaunt.

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bare-bonedrawbone//raw-bone
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Meanings

adjectiveraw-boned (comparative more raw-boned, superlative most raw-boned)

comparative more raw-boned · superlative most raw-boned · alternative rawboned

  1. Not plump or muscular; thin so that the outline of bones may be seen; gaunt.

    A young nurse, a big raw-boned country lass, plodder her way down to the building.

    1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 194
    1 more example

    […] and that rancid, raw-boned parson, Gillespie—how the plague did they pick him up?—one of the mutes told Bob it was he.

    1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Mr. Mervyn in His Inn”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 33

    Synonyms: bare-boned, rawbone//raw-bone

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot plump or muscular; thin so that the outline of bones may be seen; gaunt.

Similar
bare-bonedrawbone//raw-bone
Also see
bare-bonedcarrionpunyrawbonescrawnyweedy
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APA

raw-boned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raw-boned

MLA

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Chicago

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