emaciated

emaciated

English

WOTD – 8 December 2006

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈmeɪsieɪtɪd/

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Adjective

emaciated (comparative more emaciated, superlative most emaciated)

1. Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.

   The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Translations

thin or haggard

Chinese: Mandarin: 瘦弱的, 衰弱的 Czech: vyhublý (cs), vychrtlý (cs), vyzáblý Danish: mager, udtæret Dutch: uitgemergeld (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: aliravittu (fi) French: émacié (fr) German: ausgemergelt (de), abgemagert (de) Greek: αδυνατισμένος (el) (adynatisménos) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Italian: emaciato (it), smunto (it), denutrito (it), smorto (it), mingherlino (it), minuto (it), magro (it), tutta pelle Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Maori: poroiwi, maiaka, korotūangaanga, pohokore, paiori, paiori, pāhehaheha Norwegian: Bokmål: utmagret Polish: wychudzony (pl), wynędzniały Portuguese: emaciado (pt) Rapa Nui: kavakava Romanian: epuizat (ro), istovit (ro), vlăguit (ro), secătuit (ro) Russian: измождёный (izmoždjónyj), истощённый (ru) (istoščónnyj) Spanish: demacrado (es) Swedish: utmärglad (sv) Turkish: please add this translation if you can Westrobothnian: afålli

Verb

emaciated

1. simple past tense and past participle of emaciate

Related terms

• emaciate
• emaciation

See also

• gaunt

Anagrams

• acetamide