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skinbound

skinbound adjective: having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh, i.e. emaciated.

Adjective

skinbound (comparative more skinbound, superlative most skinbound)

  1. Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh, i.e. emaciated
    • Certainly, she is thin; tortuously thin: limbs emerge as skinbound sinew from the hems of her clothes1992, Janice Galloway, Blood
    Synonyms:
    hidebound
  2. .
    • skinbound consciousness
    • skinbound existence

Synonyms of skinbound

Forms of skinbound

comparativemore skinbound
superlativemost skinbound

Origin of skinbound

From skin + bound.

Words formed from skinbound

Questions about skinbound

What does skinbound mean?
Skinbound means having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh, i.e. emaciated.
What part of speech is skinbound?
Skinbound is an adjective.

Words near skinbound in the dictionary

  1. skin-walker
  2. skin-walkers
  3. skinable
  4. skinart
  5. skinball
  6. skinbound
  7. skinbound disease
  8. skinbow
  9. skinbyrd
  10. skinbyrds
  11. skincare

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