emaciated

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emaciated

  • /əˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/ UK
  • /-ˈmeɪ.si-/ UK
  • /ɪˈmeɪ.siˌeɪ.tɪd/ US
  • /ə-/ US
  • /i-/ US
  • /-meɪ.ʃi-/ US

adjective more emaciated · most emaciated

  1. Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease. The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of emaciate

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adj thin or haggard

Españoldemacrado, macilento, emaciado
中文瘦弱的, 衰弱的
Portuguêsemaciado
Françaisémacié
Deutschausgemergelt, abgemagert
Italianoemaciato, smunto, denutrito, smorto, mingherlino, minuto
Ελληνικάαδυνατισμένος adynatisménos
Românăepuizat, istovit, vlăguit, secătuit
Русскийизмождёный izmoždjónyj, истощённый istoščónnyj

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@misc{emaciated_2026,
  title = {emaciated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/emaciated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}