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adjective

i-ˈmā-shē-ˌā-təd How to pronounce emaciated (audio)
Definition of emaciatednext
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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emaciated

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verb

past tense of emaciate
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
Adjective
Dead, emaciated gray whales have been washing up on Washington state shores at a shocking pace over the last few months. — Evan Bush, NBC news, 25 May 2026 Out of 10 sloths that arrived from Peru in February 2025, two were dead on arrival, and the remainder were emaciated and in very poor health, the report stated. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 6 May 2026 An emaciated manatee calf was rescued on the Atlantic Ocean side of the Florida Keys on Tuesday and sent to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026 People with eating disorders would share their experiences as a way of motivating others to achieve extreme body standards through imagery of emaciated bodies. — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 5 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for emaciated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emaciated
  1. gaunt
  2. faded
  3. haggard
  4. weakened
  5. skeletal
  6. sagged
Adjective
  • The church’s punishment, however, delivered in front of the congregants, is an eerie ritual performed by a gaunt, severe visitor (Nicholas Hope).
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Brig is in the Upper Valais, a gaunt and conservative place where the inhabitants speak Walliser German, an Alpine dialect that many Swiss people find unintelligible.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of gaunt
Verb
  • As daylight faded, visitors explored inside the grand hall and wandered the gardens before the night ended with hot air balloon rides and fireworks over the property.
    — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The reliever the Phillies saw in his first full season as a rookie has faded into a less-reliable version.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of faded
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
Verb
  • Except that the original ideas about the fundamental value of basic research have only been confirmed during this period, not weakened.
    — Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But his father had come home later than usual, and his resolve had steadily weakened.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of weakened
Adjective
  • Authorities say the skeletal remains of a man were discovered by hikers near the Oconee River Bridge by Interstate 85 in Jackson County in April 2008.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • The show discovered human skeletal remains at a residential renovation project site while filming, according to a civil complaint filed on April 14 in the Third Circuit Court of Hawaii, obtained by PEOPLE.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of skeletal
Verb
  • Flags sagged in the rain and translucent ponchos billowed in the wind, but the sound of bagpipes and a booming sousaphone kept the crowd moving.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The project is located not far from the former Pfizer headquarters on East 42nd Street, where structural columns buckled and floors sagged on July 7 during its conversion into roughly 1,600 apartments.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of sagged

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