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emaciated

adjective

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

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Word length
9
Starts with
E
Ends with
D
Contains
MA
Scrabble score
14

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Pronunciation

əˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd

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adjective

  1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

    “a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys”

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Example Sentences

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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