Synonyms for "emaciate" (53 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

wasteatrophyattenuateattenuatedcadaverousconsumeconsume awaydilutedribble awaydry upemacerate

Strong matches (16)

emaciatedhaggardhollow eyedjejunemacerateparchpeakedpinchedpine awaypoorpreshrinkpunyrarefyrun to seedrun to waste

Verb(1 words)

macerate

Related words (26)

sanforizesearshrinkshrivelshriveledskeletalstarvedsubtilizethinthin awaythin downthin outunderfedundernourishedwaste awaywastedwaterwater downweakenweazen

Show 5 more words

witherwither awaywitheredwizenwizened

Verb(1 words)

waste

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

change statedebilitatedrainenfeebleturn

Synonyms

1 entries

waste

Related terms

2 entries

gauntmeager

derived

2 entries

emaciatedemaciation

manner of

1 entries

change state

related to

3 entries

emaciatedthinwasted

Translations

35 translations across 11 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries

• изтощавам verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• изтощавам се verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)

Danish

3 entries

• fortynde verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• slanke verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• slanke sig verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)

Dutch

4 entries

• uithongeren verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• uitmergelen verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• vermageren verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)
• verschrompelen verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)

French

4 entries

• amaigrir verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• s'amaigrir verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)
• s'émacier verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)
• émacier verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)

German

2 entries

• abmagern verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)
• ausmergeln verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)

Italian

2 entries

• emaciare verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• emaciarsi verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)

Māori

4 entries

• hīroki verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)
• kaikohi verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• kohi verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• whakahīroki verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

• avmagres verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)
• slanke verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• slanke seg verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)
• tynne verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)

Russian

4 entries

• изнуря́ть verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• истощать verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• истощаться verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)
• чахнуть verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)

Spanish

4 entries

• demacrar verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• demacrarse verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)
• emaciar verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• emaciarse verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)

Uyghur

2 entries

• يادىماق verb ((transitive) make extremely thin or wasted)
• يادىماق verb ((intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted)

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