emaciated

English

WOTD – 8 December 2006

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/, /-ˈmeɪ.si-/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmeɪ.siˌeɪ.tɪd/, /ə-/, /i-/, /-meɪ.ʃi-/

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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

• Bulgarian: мършав (bg) (mǎršav), изпит (bg) (izpit)
• Catalan: emaciat, demacrat
• 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)
• Punjabi: ਮਰੂਆ (marūā)
• 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

Verb

emaciated

1. simple past and past participle of emaciate

Related terms

• emaciate
• emaciation

See also

• gaunt

Anagrams

• acetamide