Synonyms for emaciated
ema·ci·at·ed

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. emaciated

   Synonyms:
   delicate, diseased, exhausted, failing, fainting, fragile, frail, ill, sick, unhealthy, unsound, wasted, weak, worn, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sound, strong, vigorous, well, wholesome

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1. bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wastedadjective

   very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

   "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

   Synonyms:
   pinched, haggard, atrophied, in straitened circumstances(p), boney, osteal, diminished, drawn, nasal, senseless, gaunt, adenoidal, squandered, purposeless, penurious, hard up, otiose, penniless, osseous, superfluous, skeletal, cadaveric, cadaverous, careworn, wasted, raddled, bony, impecunious, worn, pointless

   Antonyms:
   fat

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1. emaciatedadjective

   Synonyms:
   lean, thin, lank, attenuated, wasted, gaunt, skinny, meagre, worn to a shadow, reduced to a skeleton

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1. John Calambokidis:

   We are seeing lots of live gray whales in unusual areas, some of them clearly emaciated, trying to feed.

2. Will Theris:

   28 days stranded out in the wilderness and Lisa is still standing, strongest person i know, she is severly weakened, she is in pain, she is emaciated.

3. Andy Blue:

   This is why we work so hard for every single patient who comes through our doors — so they can return to the wild and thrive in their natural habitat, this little fighter went from emaciated with severe burns to becoming a feisty predator who will be able to fend for herself in nature. We are thrilled !

4. Justin Greenman:

   We have been seeing emaciated or dehydrated sea lions show up on beaches.

5. Emily Mirowski:

   Gumbo Limbo Nature Center was weak and emaciated. I could just tell Gumbo Limbo Nature Center wasn't doing well.