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EMACIATED

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Example:

kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration

Synonyms:

cadaverous; emaciated; gaunt; haggard; pinched; skeletal; wasted

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb emaciate

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 Context examples: 

My cheek had grown pale with study, and my person had become emaciated with confinement.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)