as in gaunt
suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease
the emaciated bodies of the survivors of the concentration camps
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as in faded
to lose bodily strength or vigor
without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate
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Recent Examples of emaciated
Kali Nicole Gross / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Arthur shuffles out of his cell, seemingly more emaciated, all jutting shoulder bones on his exposed back.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Israeli forces found their emaciated corpses two days later in a tunnel 65 feet under a Gazan child’s bedroom.
—TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
Television news earlier showed an emaciated, long-haired Mehrtens, wearing a dark-green shirt and black shorts, sitting in a room surrounded by police officers and local officials, according to The Associated Press.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2024
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Pictures of their emaciated corpses were shown in court.
—Kali Nicole Gross / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Arthur shuffles out of his cell, seemingly more emaciated, all jutting shoulder bones on his exposed back.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Israeli forces found their emaciated corpses two days later in a tunnel 65 feet under a Gazan child’s bedroom.
—TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
Television news earlier showed an emaciated, long-haired Mehrtens, wearing a dark-green shirt and black shorts, sitting in a room surrounded by police officers and local officials, according to The Associated Press.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emaciated
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Antonio ended up in intensive care at Dell’s Children's Medical Center and was gaunt, his blood coagulating.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
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The hostages appeared gaunt in the disturbing black-and-white footage.Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2024
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The face that confronted him was haggard and gaunt, its hair and beard unkempt.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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These are films about a haggard failson trying to hold his life together with the help of a wise-cracking goo monster who longs for the taste of human brains.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024
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With Assad gone and Iran weakened, new commercial routes, reconstruction opportunities, and trade corridors beckon.Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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But Israeli bombardments have weakened Tehran as well as its allies in the Axis of Resistance—Lebanon's Hezbollah.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Around noon on Saturday, Oct. 27, two hunters stalking deer stumbled upon skeletal remains a few miles from where the other two sets of bones had been found.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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The skeletal remains of Mack, 24, who worked as an escort at the time of her death, were first discovered in Manorville, N.Y. in 2000.Liam Quinn, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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The top speed of 218 mph went untested, but if the speedometer on one example taped on the autobahn is to believed, the LaFerrari can actually punch its way all the way to 231 mph.Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
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Last season, during the Rams’ last-season push to the playoffs, Stafford went four games without an interception.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Emaciated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emaciated. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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