Entry Word: emaciated

Function: adjective

Meaning: suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease <the emaciated bodies of the survivors of the concentration camps>

Synonyms cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted

Related Words bony, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, thin; starved, underfed, undernourished; shriveled, withered, wizened

Near Antonyms beefy, brawny, burly, fit, hale, healthy, hearty, husky; chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, heavyset, plump, portly, stocky, thickset