emaciated

American  

[ih-mey-shee-ey-tid] / ɪˈmeɪ ʃiˌeɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. marked by emaciation.

   Synonyms:

   scrawny, haggard, gaunt, puny, wasted, thin

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emaciated British  

/ ɪˈmeɪsɪˌeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. abnormally thin

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Other Word Forms

• unemaciated adjective

Etymology

Origin of emaciated

First recorded in 1655–65; emaciate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

And while Rahman, 60, has on occasion been the de-facto chair of an emaciated BNP when his mother was jailed and more recently when she was ill, he's largely seen as an untested leader.

From BBC

The image was of two emaciated, impoverished South Asian children.

From BBC

Officers searched him and found two emaciated and potentially sedated orange-fronted parakeets — the victims of an alleged botched smuggling attempt — stuffed in his underwear, according to court documents.

From Los Angeles Times

But the look on her face when she saw me, my emaciated frame, the chemical burn under my clavicle, sour smell I couldn’t mask, told me otherwise.

From Los Angeles Times

An emaciated and apparently blind man stands in the snow at the Nazi concentration camp of Flossenbuerg: the image seems real at first but is part of a wave of AI-generated content about the Holocaust.

From Barron's

Related Words

• bony
• gaunt
• scrawny
• skeletal
• skinny