emaciated

adjective
UK: /ɪˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/
US: /iˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/

  1. Very thin and weak, often because of illness or not enough food.

    1. The prisoners were emaciated after months in the camp.
    2. The long illness left her emaciated, barely able to walk around the house.

  2. Extremely thin or skeletal, especially due to starvation or disease, a person or animal that is abnormally thin or weak.

    1. He was so emaciated he looked like a skeleton.
    2. The rescue team found an emaciated dog wandering alone down a deserted road.

Synonyms

wasted skeletal shrunken gaunt thin
emaciated transitive-verb

  1. To make someone or something very thin and weak.

    1. The famine emaciated the population.
    2. Years of drought have emaciated the livestock in the region.

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "emaciated" in English means: Very thin and weak, often because of illness or not enough food., Extremely thin or skeletal, especially due to starvation or disease, a person or animal that is abnormally thin or weak..

The phonetic transcription of "emaciated" is /ɪˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/ in British English and /iˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "emaciated": wasted, skeletal, shrunken, gaunt, thin.

Example usage of "emaciated": "The prisoners were emaciated after months in the camp.". More examples on the page.