Emaciated

/əˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/

Synonyms for "emaciated" (103 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Adjective(10 words)

gaunt wasted atrophy boney boneyest bonier boniest cachectic cadaverous deplete

anorectic anorexic atrophied attenuated bony brittle cadaverous consumed consumptive corky corpselike

Strong matches (31)

desiccated drawndried updried-up emacerated emaciate gaunt haggard half-starvedhollow eyedhollow-eyed jejune lean marantic marasmic meagre papery parched parchmenty peaked

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peaky phthisic pinched

Adjective(6 words)

drain gaunter haggard kurus meager pinched

Verb(2 words)

gauntest languished

Related words (51)

poor preshrunk puny sanforized scrawny sear sere shriveledshriveled upshrunk shrunken skeletal skinny spare starved starveling tabetic tabid thin underfed

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undernourished wastedwasted awaywasting awayweazened weazeny wilted withered wizen wizen-faced wizened wraithlike wrinkled

Adjective(17 words)

rawboned sap scant scorbutic scraggy scrawnier scrawniest skeletalskeletal deformityskeletal remainsskinniest starve thin underfunded undernourished weaken wither

Noun(1 words)

skeleton figure

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

6 entries

depletionresource scarcitythinnesstransitive verbverb wasting

More specific

10 entries

atrophy bony deplete drain gauntmeager budgetscarce resourcesskeletal starveunderfunded program

Collocations

12 entries

chronic emaciationclinical emaciationemaciated animalemaciated appearanceemaciated bodyemaciated frameemaciated limbsemaciated patientemaciation due to cancerpathologic emaciationprogressive emaciationsevere emaciation

Inflections

4 entries

emaciates emaciatingmore emaciatedmost emaciated

Derivations

6 entries

emaciate emaciately emaciates emaciating emaciation reemaciate

similar

2 entries

lean thin

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He looked pale and emaciated.

Source: tatoeba (8649742)

The zoo's zebra was emaciated and dirty.

Source: tatoeba (8987914)

Tom looked emaciated.

Source: tatoeba (10074173)

It looks like a war zone. What once were emaciated, dehydrated cattle are now rotting corpses, victims of one of the worst droughts in the Garba Tula area of Isiolo South.

Source: tatoeba (10786733)

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