emaciated
pronunciation
How to pronounce emaciated in British English:
UK [ɪˈmeɪsieɪtɪd]
How to pronounce emaciated in American English:
US [ɪˈmeɪsieɪtɪd]
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- Adjective:
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Word Origin
- emaciated (adj.)
- 1660s, past participle adjective from emaciate.
Example
- 1. Those too emaciated to make the crossing to zanzibar were left to die on the shore .
- 2. His once fearsome body is so emaciated it is little more than a pitiful pile of fur and bones .
- 3. On another occasion I saw a group of disoriented , emaciated amerindians , begging for food by the side of the road .
- 4. In the ( non - ) flesh , they look so emaciated that the only other place I have ever seen people like them is reporting on african famines .
- 5. Children with marasmus are simply emaciated .