emaciated Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb cause to grow thin or weak
   macerate; emaciate; waste.
   
   • The treatment emaciated him
2. verb grow weak and thin or waste away physically
   emaciate.
   
   • She emaciated during the chemotherapy
3. adjective satellite very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
   pinched; bony; cadaverous; gaunt; skeletal; wasted; haggard.
   
   • 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

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