What is another word for Fleshless?

Pronunciation: [flˈɛʃləs] (IPA)

Fleshless is a word commonly used to describe something or someone that is devoid of flesh or meat. However, there are several synonyms available for this word which can add variety and nuance to your writing. Some alternatives include emaciated, bony, skinny, gaunt, emaciate, anorexic, thin, lanky, scrawny, skeletal, and cadaverous. These words can be used in different contexts, such as describing a person, animal or an object. They can also depict different levels of extremity, with some words such as skeletal or cadaverous suggesting an even greater degree of depletion than fleshless. Choosing the right synonym can enrich your writing and ensure clarity of meaning.

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What are the hypernyms for Fleshless?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Fleshless

Suppose she should drop on her knees, and ask for her child, holding out her Fleshless fingers to him in supplication, and stare at him with her sightless sockets?
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
Yet another lay there, its Fleshless eye-holes staring upward from the grass.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
Clad only in a dirty loin-cloth, his brown skin was wrinkled in scaly folds upon his chest and belly; his face was like an ancient tortoise; the small lack-lustre eyes were bloodshot and furtive; the limbs were almost Fleshless.
"Witch-Doctors"
Charles Beadle

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