as in gaunt
suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease
the emaciated bodies of the survivors of the concentration camps
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as in faded
to lose bodily strength or vigor
without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate
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Recent Examples of emaciated
CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
Researchers said the body is in an emaciated state.
—Adrian Rodriguez, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article An emaciated dog believed to have recently given birth to a litter of puppies was found abandoned and alone in Meriden on Sunday.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
State of play: These California sea lions were found emaciated or wounded around San Diego County beaches, including one with a shark bite.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
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Waterbury first responders rescued the emaciated 32-year-old man from an upstairs room after they were deployed to a house fire last month, police said in a statement.
—CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
Researchers said the body is in an emaciated state.
—Adrian Rodriguez, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article An emaciated dog believed to have recently given birth to a litter of puppies was found abandoned and alone in Meriden on Sunday.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
State of play: These California sea lions were found emaciated or wounded around San Diego County beaches, including one with a shark bite.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emaciated
Adjective
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Egon Schiele had his thing for gaunt girls and their undergarments.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
14 Apr. 2025
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Tall and thin, bordering on gaunt, he was dressed in blue jeans, a flannel shirt, an old Army jacket, work boots, gloves and a blue wool cap.—
Alanna Nash,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2025
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Weinstein often looked haggard and out of it — unshaven, mouth ajar, eyes bleary.—
Phoebe Eaton,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2025
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The scene makes Perkins crack up — Death looks tired and haggard, his job is never done (especially this week), and while the father-son may have escaped this round, their paths will cross in some unknowable way in the future.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
21 Feb. 2025
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Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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True' Almost two years later, on May 14, 1983, partial skeletal remains were found on the island near a private duck hunting club, which is more than 60 miles northeast of San Francisco.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Daniel Thomas Halloran, who was born in Indiana in 1972, was identified as the 10th victim whose remains were found on Fox Hollow Farm in 1996 among thousands of other burned and crushed skeletal remains, according to Indiana officials and WXIN.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2025
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Those bleak years devastated the American rail industry, as revenue fell by 50 percent from 1928 to 1933, and a third of the country’s railroads went into bankruptcy.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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Someone won a $68 million jackpot in New York on Christmas Eve in 2002, but that prize went unclaimed.—
Aliza Chasan,
CBS News,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Emaciated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emaciated. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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