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

Many of the chihuahuas are emaciated and have varying illnesses, fleas and other medical concerns, according to Humane Indiana staff.

— Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Officers found Arabella Nix was severely emaciated, with her body completely covered in bruises and scars, according to the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of emaciated

Adjective

As her pregnancy progressed, Kabita’s belly swelled while the rest of her remained gaunt.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of gaunt

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

On a recent afternoon, the lanky, mustachioed Zucker, wearing a T-shirt, ballcap and small hoop earrings, bears little resemblance to his comic alter ego who sports a tattered suit with gag props stuffed in every pocket.

— Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
How can this lanky kid, all 6-foot-2, 187 pounds of him, deliver the ball with such strength and distance?

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of lanky

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

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