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All emaciated synonyms

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adjective emaciated

  • thin — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
  • wasted — not used or in use: waste energy; waste talents.
  • shrunken — a past participle of shrink.
  • gaunt — extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
  • pinched — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
  • skinny — very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
  • scrawny — excessively thin; lean; scraggy: a long, scrawny neck.
  • lean — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
  • scraggy — lean or thin; scrawny.
  • anorexic — If someone is anorexic, they are suffering from anorexia and so are very thin.
  • bony — Someone who has a bony face or bony hands, for example, has a very thin face or very thin hands, with very little flesh covering their bones.
  • skeletal — of, relating to, or like a skeleton.
  • atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
  • attenuate — To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
  • attenuated — An attenuated object is unusually long and thin.
  • famished — extremely hungry: to be famished after a hike; famished, homeless multitudes.
  • peaked — Also, on-peak. being at the point of maximum frequency, intensity, use, etc.; busiest or most active: Hotel rooms are most expensive during the peak travel seasons.
  • cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
  • consumptive — A consumptive person suffers from tuberculosis.
  • haggard — having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops.
  • lank — (of plants) unduly long and slender: lank grass; lank, leafless trees.
  • meager — deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
  • skeleton — Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body.
  • underfed — to feed insufficiently.
  • wizened — wizened.
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