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emaciate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of emaciate

to lose bodily strength or vigor

without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate

Synonyms of emaciate

decay, droop, fade, fail, flag, go, lag, languish, sag, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither

Words Related to emaciate

break down, wear out

degenerate, deteriorate, rot, run down

Near Antonyms of emaciate

convalesce, rally, rebound, recover, recuperate

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