ANOREXIC Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

anorexic

adjective

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Recent Examples of anorexic 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 From much of the plaza, yet another anorexic supertall for squillionaires, rising at 29th Street, now blots it out. — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023 In February, her daughter passed out—probably from low blood pressure, a common health complication in anorexic patients—and went to the emergency room. — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 21 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for anorexic

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Adjective

Beyond that, signs' late and early parts are called anorectic and critical degrees.

— Lisa Stardust, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024

Definition of anorectic

Adjective

The eagle, beloved worldwide through a Big Bear nest livestream with mate Shadow and eaglets Sandy and Luna, was rescued emaciated after a skirmish with younger birds.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
My son’s lizard looks emaciated and spends all day and night hiding underneath a piece of wood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

Definition of emaciated

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On the first day of the hearing, July 22, Salah Sarsour's brother, Mohammad Sarsour, testified that his brother appeared gaunt and dirty and complained of pain and inadequate medical care during his detention in an Israeli jail.

— CBS News, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
In Roman art, invidia is sometimes depicted as a gaunt Medusa-like figure with serpents for hair.

— Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of gaunt

Adjective

The piece commemorated the 75th anniversary of the execution of the last czar, Nicolas II, and his family, and explored that event through the lens of the 1989 discovery of the czar and his family’s skeletal remains in Yekaterinburg.

— Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
As Becerra surged in the polls, his campaign raced to grow its skeletal campaign staff and raise money.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of skeletal

Adjective

Xbox, despite its increasingly haggard reputation, has announced backwards compatibility for PC.

— Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Rocking back and forth nervously during a television appearance, a haggard-looking Diaz-Canel acknowledged the same talks, which his government had denied were taking place just days before.

— Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026

Definition of haggard

Adjective

Die große Nacht im Eimer (The Big Night Down the Drain), made that year, depicts a figure of indiscernible age with a cadaverous pallor and yellow splotches, brandishing an oversized phallus beneath a soot-black veil.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
As the hulking creature, the Australian star appears to have pale, cadaverous skin with lacerations across it and long, stringy hair.

— Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025

Definition of cadaverous

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