EMACIATED
Dictionary entry overview: What does emaciated mean? • EMACIATED (adjective)
The adjective EMACIATED has 1 sense:
1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Familiarity information: EMACIATED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EMACIATED (adjective)
Meaning:
Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Synonyms:
bony; cadaverous; emaciated; gaunt; haggard; pinched; skeletal; wasted
Context examples:
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
Similar:
lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)
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