English Synonym Finder

emaciated

Definitions

Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

Wasted away physically; gaunt.

Examples

After weeks of wandering in the wilderness, the stray dog appeared thin and emaciated.

The historical photographs showed emaciated prisoners who had survived the harsh conditions of the camp.

The illness left him looking frail and emaciated, a shadow of the athlete he once was.

Synonyms

gaunt skeletal haggard thin bony wasted scrawny

Antonyms

plump stout obese chubby fleshy corpulent portly