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wasted

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of wasted

1 lacking bodily strength

a wasted frame—a shadow of the man he once was

Synonyms of wasted

debilitated, delicate, down-and-out, effete, enervated, enfeebled, faint, feeble, frail, infirm, languid, low, prostrate, prostrated, sapped, slight, soft, softened, tender, unsubstantial, weak, weakened, wimpish, wimpy

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challenged, disabled, incapacitated, invalid

broken-down, decrepit

impotent, powerless

breakable, flimsy, fragile

dizzy, groggy, rocky, unsteady, woozy

drained, exhausted, flagging, tired, weary, worn-out

damaged, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, lame, unsound

resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding

Near Antonyms of wasted

able-bodied, athletic, beefy, brawny, fit, husky, muscular, sinewy, strapping, virile

hard, hardy, lusty, red-blooded, robust, sturdy, tough

fortified, hardened, inured, strengthened, toughened

energetic, energized, invigorated, vigorous, vitalized

hale, healthy, sound

capable, competent

convalescing, recovering, recuperating

Antonyms of wasted

mighty, powerful, rugged, stalwart, stout, strong

2 suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease

a frail and wasted famine victim

Synonyms of wasted

cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal

Words Related to wasted

bony (also boney), lank, lanky, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, sinewy, skinny, spare, thin

starved, underfed, undernourished

famished, hungry, starving

shriveled (or shrivelled), withered, wizened

Near Antonyms of wasted

beefy, brawny, burly, fit, hale, healthy, hearty, husky

chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, heavyset, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, stocky, thickset, tubby

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