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anorectic

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variants: also anoretic

Synonyms & Antonyms of anorectic

as in emaciated, anorexic

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for anorectic

anorexic,
cadaverous,
emaciated,
gaunt,
haggard,
pinched,
skeletal,
wasted,
wizened

lank,
lanky,
rangy,
reedy,
spindling,
spindly,
stringy,
twiggy,
waspish,
weedy

meager
(or meagre),
puny,
slight

angular,
rawboned,
scraggy,
scrawny,
sinewy,
wiry

sylphlike,
willowy

clean-limbed,
trim

bony
(also boney),
fatless,
lean,
lithe,
skinny,
slender,
slim,
spare,
svelte,
thin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for anorectic

chubby,
corpulent,
fat,
gross,
obese,
overweight,
plump,
portly,
rotund,
tubby

beefy,
bulky,
chunky,
fleshy,
heavy,
heavyset,
stocky,
stout,
thick,
thickset,
weighty

brawny,
burly,
husky

dumpy,
pudgy,
roly-poly,
squat,
stubby

paunchy,
potbellied

flabby,
soft

buxom,
zaftig
(also zoftig)

full,
hippy,
round

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“Anorectic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anorectic. Accessed 24 Jun. 2022.

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The first known use of anorectic was in 1832

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