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emaciated

UK/əˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd//ɪˈmeɪ.siˌeɪ.tɪd/

emaciated adjective: thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease. Also the simple past and past participle of emaciate.

Adjective

emaciated (comparative more emaciated, superlative most emaciated)

  1. Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
    • The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.
    • She arrived at a resort in December 2024, extremely emaciated — staff described her as “so weak she couldn’t walk on her own,” with sunken eyes, protruding bones, yellow fingernails and decaying teeth.2025 November 30, “27-year-old woman who only ate fruits has passed away”, in newgenrap

Also used as

emaciated is also the simple past and past participle of emaciate.

emaciated meaning in Punjabi

emaciated in Punjabi

thin or haggard
ਮਰੂਆ marūā

Examples of emaciated in a sentence

  • Also near eye level, his twig and berries taunt my emaciated masculinity.
  • His whole constitution was that of an emaciated, suffering man, malarial and gaunt.
  • Angus listened, too, with pleased amusedness on his pale, emaciated face, pursing his shrunken jaw.

All 15 example sentences with emaciated

Forms of emaciated

comparativemore emaciated
superlativemost emaciated

Words formed from emaciated

Questions about emaciated

What does emaciated mean?
Emaciated means thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
What is emaciated in Punjabi?
Emaciated in Punjabi is ਮਰੂਆ (marūā). See Emaciated meaning in Punjabi.
What part of speech is emaciated?
Emaciated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce emaciated?
Emaciated is pronounced /əˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/ (UK).

Words near emaciated in the dictionary

  1. emacerates
  2. emacerating
  3. emaceration
  4. emacerations
  5. emaciate
  6. emaciated
  7. emaciatedness
  8. emaciates
  9. emaciating
  10. emaciation
  11. emaciations

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