Synonyms for emaciated
ema·ci·at·ed

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. emaciated

   Synonyms:
   delicate, diseased, exhausted, failing, fainting, fragile, frail, ill, sick, unhealthy, unsound, wasted, weak, worn, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sound, strong, vigorous, well, wholesome

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wastedadjective

   very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

   "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

   Synonyms:
   pinched, haggard, atrophied, in straitened circumstances(p), boney, osteal, diminished, drawn, nasal, senseless, gaunt, adenoidal, squandered, purposeless, penurious, hard up, otiose, penniless, osseous, superfluous, skeletal, cadaveric, cadaverous, careworn, wasted, raddled, bony, impecunious, worn, pointless

   Antonyms:
   fat

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. emaciatedadjective

   Synonyms:
   lean, thin, lank, attenuated, wasted, gaunt, skinny, meagre, worn to a shadow, reduced to a skeleton

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1. Will Theris:

   28 days stranded out in the wilderness and Lisa is still standing, strongest person i know, she is severly weakened, she is in pain, she is emaciated.

2. Justin Greenman:

   We have been seeing emaciated or dehydrated sea lions show up on beaches.

3. Emily Mirowski:

   Gumbo Limbo Nature Center was weak and emaciated. I could just tell Gumbo Limbo Nature Center wasn't doing well.

4. Mary Kay:

   In the Coastal Bend, around one third of the stranded loggerheads have been found alive and are receiving care at permitted rehabilitation facilities, including Amos Rehabilitation Keep Keep, Texas State Aquarium, and Texas Sealife Center, the affected loggerheads have been found underweight and emaciated. They are receiving diligent care in rehabilitation, and we hope that most will recover and ultimately be released back into the Gulf of Mexico.

5. Andy Blue:

   This is why we work so hard for every single patient who comes through our doors — so they can return to the wild and thrive in their natural habitat, this little fighter went from emaciated with severe burns to becoming a feisty predator who will be able to fend for herself in nature. We are thrilled !