mager — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bony adj Thin, with bones that are noticeably visible or prominent.
- gaunt adj Unhealthily thin, especially with a hollow, drawn look from hunger, illness, or exhaustion.
- lean verb To bend or tilt away from an upright position, or to rest against something for support.
- meager adj Poor or lacking in amount, quality, or extent; barely enough.
- meagre adj Poor or lacking in amount, quality, or extent; barely enough.
- scant adjective Barely enough; in short supply.
- scrawny adj Unattractively thin, often to the point of looking undernourished.
- skinny adj Very thin, often used with a slightly negative or critical tone.
- sparse adjective Thinly spread out or scattered, with a lot of empty space in between.
Senses
mager is used for these senses in English:
- bony With little flesh; skinny, thin.
- gaunt Angular, bony, and lean.
- lean (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
- lean (of meat) Having little fat.
- low-fat (nutrition) Not having a high number of calories from fat or great amount of fats, especially an alternate variety of food designed to have lower calories, dietetic.
- scant Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
- scrawny Thin, malnourished, and weak.
- skinny (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
bony — full definition
- adj Thin, with bones that are noticeably visible or prominent.
- adj Relating to or made of bone.
gaunt — full definition
- adj Unhealthily thin, especially with a hollow, drawn look from hunger, illness, or exhaustion.
- adj Bleak, bare, or desolate, describing a place or a mood rather than a person.