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
Sophie Tanno and Mick Krever, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
That’s crazy to me: divine love shown to us through a disgusting and emaciated corpse hanging on a tool of execution.
—Mike Lowenberg, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Before arriving at Animal League America, the emaciated black dog turned up at Manhattan Animal Care & Control in New York City weighing just 22 pounds, half of his suggested weight of 45 pounds.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Liberated by the Red Army On Jan. 27, 1945, Soviet troops arrived at the gates of Auschwitz and found some 7,000 weak and emaciated prisoners.
—Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Many of them appeared emaciated and in poor health.
—Sophie Tanno and Mick Krever, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
That’s crazy to me: divine love shown to us through a disgusting and emaciated corpse hanging on a tool of execution.
—Mike Lowenberg, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Before arriving at Animal League America, the emaciated black dog turned up at Manhattan Animal Care & Control in New York City weighing just 22 pounds, half of his suggested weight of 45 pounds.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Liberated by the Red Army On Jan. 27, 1945, Soviet troops arrived at the gates of Auschwitz and found some 7,000 weak and emaciated prisoners.
—Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emaciated
Adjective
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The three male hostages released last Saturday appeared gaunt and frail, and Israelis reacted with anger and horror at their appearance.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2025
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Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy appeared gaunt and frail as they were paraded by the militants on a makeshift stage in Gaza before they were handed over to the Red Cross.—
Michael Rios,
CNN,
9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Nobody could have given this song so much haggard soul.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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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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Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Reuters images show the bus completely burned out after it was engulfed by flames following the collision, with just the skeletal remains of the metal frame left standing.—
CNN,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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Denver’s Office of the Medical Examiner on Friday announced skeletal remains found last year near Cherry Creek are those of an Indigenous woman who had been missing since May.—
Max Levy,
The Denver Post,
8 Feb. 2025
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Those bleak years devastated the American rail industry, as revenue fell by 50 percent from 1928 to 1933, and a third of the country’s railroads went into bankruptcy.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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Someone won a $68 million jackpot in New York on Christmas Eve in 2002, but that prize went unclaimed.—
Aliza Chasan,
CBS News,
24 Dec. 2024
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