emaciated

Verb

• cause to grow thin or weak
  • "The treatment emaciated him"
• grow weak and thin or waste away physically
  • "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"
• simple past and past participle of emaciate

Adjective Satellite

• very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  • "emaciated bony hands"

Adj

• Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.

Examples

• The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.

Synonyms

bony, cadaverous, emaciate, gaunt, haggard, macerate, pinched, skeletal, waste, wasted

Related Words

emaciate, emaciation, gaunt

Anagrams of emaciated