EMACIATING Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

emaciating

verb

present participle of emaciate

as in fading

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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Fixed on a mobile rig that will at times careen and whoosh across the stage when not otherwise holding on Winter, Anderson’s camera catches the expressionism and chiaroscuro of stage lights illuminating and fading off the singer’s face.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
But hopes of winning the two states have been fading, and the GOP is increasingly focused on playing defense elsewhere with five weeks until the midterm elections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of fading

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Deterioration is exacerbated if water reaches the steel rebar, corroding from inside the concrete mass and thereby weakening the integrity of the wall.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Those states’ experiences show that weakening graduation requirements reduces accountability for schools.

— Neetu Arnold, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of weakening

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Another act of retaliation, the lawsuit says, is that after applying for assistant chief of technical services, Dougan was rejected for allegedly failing to meet a new suppression-credential requirement.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
Baldwin alleged that decision was just one part of a pattern of disturbing prosecutorial abuses, including presenting false information to the grand jury, failing to disclose two firearms reports, and filing an unlawful gun enhancement.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of failing

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The extreme heat is driven by a persistent high pressure ridge that has parked over the region causing sinking warming air with very little overnight relief.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Its fertility rate fell below replacement level in 2008 and has been sinking since.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

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