EMACIATED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for EMACIATED?

Need another word that means the same as “emaciated”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “emaciated” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Emaciated” are: cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted, thin, bony, thin as a rake

Emaciated as an Adjective

Definitions of "Emaciated" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “emaciated” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
• Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

Synonyms of "Emaciated" as an adjective (9 Words)

bony	Of or like bone. Bony fish.
cadaverous	Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. He was gaunt and cadaverous.
gaunt	(of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age. A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys.
haggard	Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. Alex s haggard face.
pinched	Sounding as if the nose were pinched. Her pinched sallow face.
skeletal	Of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton. The skeletal remains of aquatic organisms.
thin	Relatively thin in consistency or low in density not viscous. A thin layer of paint.
thin as a rake	Lacking resonance or volume.
wasted	Used or expended carelessly or to no purpose. Advice is wasted words.

Usage Examples of "Emaciated" as an adjective

• She was so emaciated she could hardly stand.

Associations of "Emaciated" (30 Words)

ailing	In poor health. My poor ailing grandmother.
cadaverous	Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse. We had long anticipated his cadaverous end.
careworn	Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering. A careworn expression.
debilitated	Lacking energy or vitality. I became very debilitated with tremendous joint pain.
decrepit	Worn and broken down by hard use. A decrepit bus its seats held together with friction tape.
drawn	(of a person) looking strained from illness, exhaustion, anxiety, or pain. The drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug.
drooping	Weak from exhaustion. Lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers.
effete	Affected, over-refined, and ineffectual. The authority of an effete aristocracy began to dwindle.
emaciation	The state of being abnormally thin or weak. Thin to the point of emaciation.
exhausted	Drained of energy or effectiveness extremely tired completely exhausted. Impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil.
fading	Weakening in force or intensity.
fatigued	Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted.
feeble	Lacking strength or vigor. I know it s feeble but I ve never been one to stand up for myself.
flagging	Becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength. The flagging in the garden was quite imaginative.
fragile	Vulnerably delicate. A small fragile old lady.
frail	The weight of a frail basket full of raisins or figs between 50 and 75 pounds. Frail humanity.
gaunt	(of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age. A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys.
haggard	A haggard hawk. Her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness.
impotent	Unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless. Technology without morality is barbarous morality without technology is impotent.
infirm	Lacking firmness of will or character or purpose. He was infirm of purpose.
languid	Lacking spirit or liveliness. The terrace was perfect for languid days in the Italian sun.
limp	A tendency to limp a gait impeded by injury or stiffness. A limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know.
listless	Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm. Reacted to the crisis with listless resignation.
pendulous	Hanging down loosely. The pendulous branches of a weeping willow.
puny	(used especially of persons) of inferior size. The army was reduced to a puny 100 000 men.
rickety	Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. A rickety table.
tired	(of a thing) no longer fresh or in good condition. Tired mothers with crying babies.
vulnerable	Susceptible to attack. An argument vulnerable to refutation.
weak	Relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts only at distances less than about 10 cm is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions and conserves neither strangeness parity nor isospin. The choruses on this recording are weak.
weakly	Sickly; not robust. If the lambs were weakly we had to feed them by hand.