as in gaunt
suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease
the emaciated bodies of the survivors of the concentration camps
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as in faded
to lose bodily strength or vigor
without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate
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Recent Examples of emaciated
Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024
Shortly before Thanksgiving, Florida's Broward County Animal Services found the emaciated canine injured and alone in a park.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
In February, a 46-foot-long whale was found washed up on an Oregon shore — emaciated, entangled and covered in what appears to be wounds from killer whales.
—CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
Severely malnourished children are emaciated and typically lethargic or even unconscious, have cold hands, a rapid pulse, low blood pressure, and may be close to dying.
—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 2 Oct. 2024
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When an emaciated dwarf sperm whale calf washed ashore on a Florida beach last month, officials brought the distressed mammal to veterinarians for further examination.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024
Shortly before Thanksgiving, Florida's Broward County Animal Services found the emaciated canine injured and alone in a park.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
In February, a 46-foot-long whale was found washed up on an Oregon shore — emaciated, entangled and covered in what appears to be wounds from killer whales.
—CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
Severely malnourished children are emaciated and typically lethargic or even unconscious, have cold hands, a rapid pulse, low blood pressure, and may be close to dying.
—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emaciated
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Gone is the gaunt, skeletal vampire of the 1922 film, replaced by a larger, more intimidating, master of the undead with a mustache and deep voice.Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Videos shared across social media showed gaunt and bewildered prisoners, including toddlers, stumbling out of dark cells into the light.The Week UK, theweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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The face that confronted him was haggard and gaunt, its hair and beard unkempt.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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These are films about a haggard failson trying to hold his life together with the help of a wise-cracking goo monster who longs for the taste of human brains.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024
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But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
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Her skeletal remains were then discovered near the junction of two parkways in Queens on August 25, 1991, but her identity remained a mystery—until now.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Mary Sue Fink was identified a decade after her skeletal remains were found in Honolulu, Hawaii.Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2024
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Those bleak years devastated the American rail industry, as revenue fell by 50 percent from 1928 to 1933, and a third of the country’s railroads went into bankruptcy.Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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Someone won a $68 million jackpot in New York on Christmas Eve in 2002, but that prize went unclaimed.Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Emaciated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emaciated. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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