emaciated
[adjective]
Synonyms: skeletal, cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, lean, pinched, scrawny, thin, undernourished, wasted

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Antonyms: fleshy
Contrasted words: fit, husky, solid, well-fed, well-nourished, chubby, plump, portly, rotund, stocky, stout, corpulent, obese
Related Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail
Related Words: bony, lean, scrawny, skinny, wizened, starved, underfed, undernourished

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English Thesaurus: thin, slim, slender, lean, skinny, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

e‧ma‧ci‧a‧ted /ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtəd, ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd, -si-/ adjective
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: emaciatus, past participle of emaciare, from macer 'thin']
extremely thin from lack of food or illness:
The prisoners were ill and emaciated.
—emaciation /ɪˌmeɪʃiˈeɪʃən, -si-/ noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

emaciated
adj.
VERBS be, look | become, grow
ADV. painfully, severely his severely emaciated body

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

thin having little fat on your body:
a tall, thin man
slim thin in an attractive way:
her slim figure
a slim woman in her fifties
Magazines are always full of advice about how to stay slim.
slender written thin in an attractive and graceful way – used especially about parts of the body, and used especially about women:
her long, slender legs
She is slender, with very fair hair.
lean thin and looking healthy and fit:
his lean body
He was lean and looked like a runner.
skinny very thin in a way that is not attractive:
a skinny teenager
Your arms are so skinny!
slight written thin and delicate:
a small, slight girl with big eyes
scrawny /ˈskrɔːni $ ˈskrɒː-/ very thin, small, and weak-looking:
a scrawny kid in blue jeans
underweight below the usual weight for someone of your height, and therefore too thin:
He had no appetite and remained underweight.
gaunt /ɡɔːnt $ ɡɒːnt/ written very thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry:
He looked gaunt and had not shaved for days.
emaciated /ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtəd, ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd, -si-/ written extremely thin and weak, because you are ill or not getting enough to eat:
The tents were filled with emaciated refugees.
skeletal written used about someone who is so thin that you can see the shape of their bones:
The soldiers were shocked by the skeletal figures of the camp’s prisoners.
anorexic used about someone who is extremely thin because they have a mental illness that makes them stop eating:
Her daughter is anorexic.
anorexic teenagers
paper-thin/wafer-thin extremely thin, like paper:
The walls of the apartment were paper-thin.
wafer-thin slices of pastry
The petals are paper-thin.

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