emaciated
adjUK /əˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/ · US /ɪˈmeɪ.siˌeɪ.tɪd/
1
Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
- The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.
- She arrived at a resort in December 2024, extremely emaciated — staff described her as “so weak she couldn’t walk on her own,” with sunken eyes, protruding bones, yellow fingernails and decaying teeth.2025 November 30, “27-year-old woman who only ate fruits has passed away”, in newgenrap:
- Derived terms
- unemaciated