emaciated

adjective

ema·ci·at·ed i-ˈmā-shē-ˌā-təd

-ˈmā-sē-

Synonyms of emaciated next

: very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness

He was deadly pale and terribly emaciated, with the protruding, brilliant eyes of a man whose spirit was greater than his strength.—

Arthur Conan Doyle

My cheek had grown pale with study, and my person had become emaciated with confinement.—

Mary Shelley

Examples of emaciated in a Sentence

the emaciated bodies of the survivors of the concentration camps

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But upon further examination, the animal proved to be an emaciated dwarf sperm whale calf. —

Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024 The Kentucky Humane Society is actively caring for 35 horses at Willow Hope Farm after rescuing 10 in emaciated and neglectful conditions in Franklin County Wednesday morning. —

Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024 Visitors’ eyes widen in horror at the sight of the mutilated and emaciated bodies filling the morgue. —

Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024 The actual Bauhaus alumni did not arrive in America after World War II emaciated, indigent, and alone. —

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