emaciated
adjective
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Pronunciation: /əˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/ / /-ˈmeɪ.si-/ / /ɪˈmeɪ.siˌeɪ.tɪd/
adj
- 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.”
verb
- simple past and past participle of emaciate