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
Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2026
The boys, 14-year-old twins, were found emaciated — with one child weighing 54 pounds and the other just 51 pounds — after multiple anonymous complaints led a child abuse specialist with the Administration for Children’s Services to their mother’s Mosholu Ave.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
One emaciated horse died and another three were euthanized.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
The dog was found emaciated and without access to food or water by animal control officers.
—Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 15 Jan. 2026
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Wednesday marked a year since an emaciated man was found in Waterbury by firefighters responding to a house fire the man admitted setting to bring rescuers.
—Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2026
The boys, 14-year-old twins, were found emaciated — with one child weighing 54 pounds and the other just 51 pounds — after multiple anonymous complaints led a child abuse specialist with the Administration for Children’s Services to their mother’s Mosholu Ave.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
One emaciated horse died and another three were euthanized.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
The dog was found emaciated and without access to food or water by animal control officers.
—Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emaciated
Adjective
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Lie’s Evans is gaunt and distant, a shy man hidden behind a veil of cigarette smoke, unable to process — or even express — his grief.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
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Nitibhon, a Thai supermodel, plays her tycoon as comically drab, keeping her gaunt cheeks slack to emphasize her character’s hollowness.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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The legal battle faded to the background.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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Synchronized blinking faded when the researchers sped up the Bach chorales to 120 beats per minute.—
Jesse Greenspan,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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Wrexham, meanwhile, was near the bottom, struggling in England’s lowest division under a haggard fan-ownership group keeping it on life support.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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As Derya and Aziz’s hypocrisies, as upper-class intellectuals, are increasingly brought to the fore, Namal and Biçer’s conversational performances grow haggard and strained.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Will they be weakened domestically by entering the war?—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Tornado watch ends for central and east-central Georgia A tornado warning had been issued earlier Thursday morning for parts of Marion County, Chattahoochee County and Webster County before expiring once the immediate tornado threat weakened.—
CBS News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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The exact mechanism behind these skeletal changes isn’t fully understood.—
Jennifer Byrne,
Popular Science,
5 Mar. 2026
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Seeing a skeletal creature materialize in the darkness is ominous; returning to the site to find that it’s disappeared is even worse.—
Alex Barasch,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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More than a half dozen homes were deemed unsafe as nearby roads and sidewalks sagged.—
Nick Caloway,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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The first shot was a 3-pointer courtesy of James – to take a 107-106 lead – who found the 6-foot-3 shooting guard alone in the corner as Mathurin sagged away from the guard who had yet to attempt a shot.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Emaciated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emaciated. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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