 emaciated |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | |
| Synonyms: | gaunt bony haggard pinched cadaverous wasted skeletal | |
| Examples: | "emaciated bony hands" "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys" "eyes were haggard and cavernous" "small pinched faces" kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" |
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| Related terms: | thin | |
| Similar spelling: |
emaciate emaciation |
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