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- Dictionaryemaciated/ɪˈmeɪsɪeɪtɪd/
adjective
- 1. abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food: "she was so emaciated she could hardly stand"
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EMACIATED definition: 1. very thin and weak, usually because of illness or extreme hunger: 2. very thin and weak…. Learn more.
The meaning of EMACIATED is very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness. How to use emaciated in a sentence.
EMACIATED meaning: 1. very thin and weak, usually because of illness or extreme hunger: 2. very thin and weak…. Learn more.
1. : to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin. cattle emaciated by illness. 2. : to make feeble. intransitive verb. : to waste away physically. emaciation. i-ˌmā-sē-ˈā-shən. -ˌmā-sē- noun. Synonyms. decay. droop. fade. fail. flag. go. lag.
Definition of emaciated adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Someone who is dangerously skinny and skeletal-looking can be described as emaciated. It's probably how you'd start to look after a few weeks in the wilderness with only berries and bugs for dinner.
Emaciate definition: to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.. See examples of EMACIATE used in a sentence.
Emaciated definition: marked by emaciation. . See examples of EMACIATED used in a sentence.
EMACIATED meaning: very thin and weak because of being sick or not eating enough food. Learn more.
To emaciate is to make someone extremely thin or very weak. A serious illness can often emaciate a person, leaving them gaunt and frail.
