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单词 emaciated
释义

emaciated

adjective

ema·​ci·​at·​ed i-ˈmā-shē-ˌā-təd How to pronounce emaciated (audio) -ˈmā-sē- How to pronounce emaciated (audio)
: 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

Synonyms

  • cadaverous
  • gaunt
  • haggard
  • skeletal
  • wasted
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Word History

First Known Use

1627, in the meaning defined above

emaciated 1 of 2

adjective

as in gaunt
suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease the emaciated bodies of the survivors of the concentration camps

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • gaunt
  • haggard
  • skeletal
  • starved
  • starving
  • cadaverous
  • bony
  • hungry
  • scrawny
  • skinny
  • underfed
  • undernourished
  • thin
  • lanky
  • lank
  • rawboned
  • scraggy
  • sinewy
  • wasted
  • boney
  • famished
  • wizened
  • shriveled
  • withered
  • shrivelled
  • spare

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • healthy
  • husky
  • obese
  • overweight
  • pudgy
  • burly
  • chubby
  • brawny
  • corpulent
  • beefy
  • hale
  • fat
  • plump
  • fit
  • rotund
  • stocky
  • fleshy
  • hearty
  • portly
  • heavyset
  • tubby
  • thickset
  • flabby
  • soft
  • roly-poly
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emaciated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of emaciate
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • faded
  • weakened
  • sagged
  • decayed
  • withered
  • went
  • drooped
  • wilted
  • sunk
  • sank
  • failed
  • languished
  • lagged
  • deteriorated
  • flagged
  • rotted
  • degenerated
  • wore out
  • wasted (away)
  • yielded
  • broke down
  • ran down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • recovered
  • recuperated
  • rallied
  • convalesced
  • rebounded
  • gained
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