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also anoretic
as in anorexic
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Recent Examples of anorectic
Beyond that, signs' late and early parts are called anorectic and critical degrees.
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Lisa Stardust, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Lisa Stardust, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anorectic
Adjective
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Along with icons of anorexic saints, my childhood home was a place of books.—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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At once too frigid and too promiscuous within the terms of early psychoanalysis, the anorexic woman’s appetites (or lack thereof) were a threat to the cultural order.—
Anna Shechtman,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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The impressive tomb didn’t contain skeletal remains that could help identify its owner.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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Investigators found skeletal remains inside a car, which turned out to be a match for the missing woman, police said.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Researchers said the body is in an emaciated state.—
Adrian Rodriguez,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article An emaciated dog believed to have recently given birth to a litter of puppies was found abandoned and alone in Meriden on Sunday.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Tall and thin, bordering on gaunt, he was dressed in blue jeans, a flannel shirt, an old Army jacket, work boots, gloves and a blue wool cap.—
Alanna Nash,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2025
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And Palestinian prisoners — some of whom also emerged from Israeli jails appearing gaunt — also embraced loved ones.—
Rawan Sheikh Ahmad,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The scene makes Perkins crack up — Death looks tired and haggard, his job is never done (especially this week), and while the father-son may have escaped this round, their paths will cross in some unknowable way in the future.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
21 Feb. 2025
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There’s a slight Francis Bacon aspect to them, poetic but at the same time incontrovertibly real, depicting every distorted limb, every haggard face and emaciated body, every wound and scar.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Anorectic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anorectic. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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