anorectic

variants also anoretic

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of anorectic Beyond that, signs' late and early parts are called anorectic and critical degrees. Lisa Stardust, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anorectic
Adjective
  • Along with icons of anorexic saints, my childhood home was a place of books.
    Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
  • At once too frigid and too promiscuous within the terms of early psychoanalysis, the anorexic woman’s appetites (or lack thereof) were a threat to the cultural order.
    Anna Shechtman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • Nearly a year after skeletal remains were found in a California field, police are looking to the public for answers.
    Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • One day, his son Dong-hwan (Park) receives a call from the police, informing them that Young-hee, their wife and mother, who disappeared 40 years ago, has been found as skeletal remains.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In the summer of 1985, images of emaciated children in Ethiopia shocked the world and prompted one of the biggest charity concerts ever: Live Aid.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Since then, Gaza’s starvation crisis has deepened, with images of emaciated children causing global alarm.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Larry Shapiro, Calgary, Alberta Hamas has no conscience Seeing the sickly, gaunt faces of the three Israeli hostages released by Hamas in Gaza on Feb. 8 presented a clear picture of the loathing and deep hostility their abductors felt for them.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
  • The body of Jesus hangs like a lifeless, gaunt and emaciated husk.
    Mike Lowenberg, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • When Claire first shows up, Sweeney’s haggard appearance is doubly shocking for anyone who’s seen how radiant the star looks in most roles.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 June 2025
  • Weinstein often looked haggard and out of it — unshaven, mouth ajar, eyes bleary.
    Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Anorectic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anorectic. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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