emaciated

English

WOTD – 8 December 2006

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd/
• IPA^(key): /əˈmeɪsieɪtɪd/

• Audio (US):

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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

• Danish: mager, udtæret
• Dutch: uitgemergeld (nl)
• Finnish: aliravittu (fi)
• French: émacié (fr)
• German: ausgemergelt (de)
• Italian: emaciato (it) m, smunto m, denutrito (it) m, smorto (it) m, mingherlino (it) m, minuto (it), magro (it) m, tutta pelle f
• Maori: poroiwi, maiaka, korotūangaanga, pohokore, paiori, paiori, pāhehaheha
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utmagret

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• Portuguese: emaciado (pt)
• Rapa Nui: kavakava
• Romanian: epuizat (ro) m or n, istovit (ro) m or n, vlăguit (ro) m or n, secătuit (ro) m or n
• Russian: измождёный (izmozhd'ónnyj), истощённый (istosh'ónnyj)
• Spanish: demacrado (es)
• Swedish: utmärglad (sv)
• Westrobothnian:

Verb

emaciated

1. simple past and past participle of emaciate

Related terms

• emaciate
• emaciation

See also

• gaunt

Anagrams

• acetamide