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anorexic

/ænəˈɹɛksɪk/

anorexic adjective: pertaining to, or suffering from, anorexia nervosa.

Adjective

anorexic (comparative more anorexic, superlative most anorexic)

  1. Pertaining to, or suffering from, anorexia nervosa.
    • I thought of anorexic girls whose puberty has stalled, leaving them crossed between elderly ladies and overburdened children with false smiles, apparently perfect, teeth unstained, until their organs began to fail.2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 158
  2. (broadly) Thin, skinny, insubstantial.
    • He was also a poet on 'L' plates having published one very slim (to the point of anorexic) collection of verse.2005, Kathy Lette, A Stitch in Time, page 17
  3. Having very little to no appetite (a symptom that occurs in various diseases).

Noun

anorexic (plural anorexics)

  1. (derogatory, usually) Somebody suffering from anorexia nervosa.
    • The hospital strictly monitored the advertising materials the bulimics and anorexics were allowed to see.
  2. A medicine which suppresses appetite.

anorexic meaning in Malayalam

anorexic in Malayalam

അതു ബാധിച്ചതോ, മെലിഞ്ഞ, ശുഷ്കിച്ച, വിശപ്പ് കെടുത്തുന്ന മരുന്ന്

Synonyms of anorexic

Forms of anorexic

Adjective
comparativemore anorexic
superlativemost anorexic
Noun
pluralanorexics

Origin of anorexic

From anorexia + -ic.

Words formed from anorexic

Questions about anorexic

What does anorexic mean?
Anorexic means pertaining to, or suffering from, anorexia nervosa.
What is anorexic in Malayalam?
Anorexic in Malayalam is അതു ബാധിച്ചതോ, മെലിഞ്ഞ, ശുഷ്കിച്ച. See Anorexic meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is anorexic?
Anorexic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce anorexic?
Anorexic is pronounced /ænəˈɹɛksɪk/ (US).

Words near anorexic in the dictionary

  1. anorexia nervosalike
  2. anorexialike
  3. anorexiant
  4. anorexiants
  5. anorexias
  6. anorexic
  7. anorexically
  8. anorexicity
  9. anorexics
  10. anorexies
  11. anorexigen

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