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ema·ci·at·ed

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 2 votes

  1. emaciatedadjective

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

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How to use emaciated in a sentence?

  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.


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