Standard Lemma guide

emaciated

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /əˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈmeɪ.si-/
  • US: /ɪˈmeɪ.siˌeɪ.tɪd/
  • US: /ə-/
  • US: /i-/
  • US: /-meɪ.ʃi-/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 M EY1 SH IY0 EY2 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of emaciate

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • emaciated bony hands
  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bony, cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: мършав (mǎršav) — thin or haggard
  • Bulgarian: изпит (izpit) — thin or haggard
  • Catalan: emaciat — thin or haggard
  • Catalan: demacrat — thin or haggard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瘦弱的 — thin or haggard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 衰弱的 — thin or haggard
  • Czech: vyhublý — thin or haggard
  • Czech: vychrtlý — thin or haggard
  • Czech: vyzáblý — thin or haggard
  • Danish: mager — thin or haggard
  • Danish: udtæret — thin or haggard
  • Dutch: uitgemergeld — thin or haggard
  • Esperanto: malgrasega — thin or haggard
  • Finnish: aliravittu — thin or haggard
  • French: émacié — thin or haggard
  • German: ausgemergelt — thin or haggard
  • German: abgemagert — thin or haggard
  • Greek: αδυνατισμένος (adynatisménos) — thin or haggard
  • Italian: emaciato — thin or haggard
  • Italian: smunto — thin or haggard
  • Italian: denutrito — thin or haggard
  • Italian: smorto — thin or haggard
  • Italian: mingherlino — thin or haggard
  • Italian: minuto — thin or haggard
  • Italian: magro — thin or haggard
  • Italian: tutta pelle — thin or haggard
  • Māori: poroiwi — thin or haggard
  • Māori: maiaka — thin or haggard
  • Māori: korotūangaanga — thin or haggard
  • Māori: pohokore — thin or haggard
  • Māori: paiori — thin or haggard
  • Māori: pāhehaheha — thin or haggard
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utmagret — thin or haggard
  • Polish: wychudzony — thin or haggard
  • Polish: wynędzniały — thin or haggard
  • Portuguese: emaciado — thin or haggard
  • Punjabi: ਮਰੂਆ (marūā) — thin or haggard
  • Rapa Nui: kavakava — thin or haggard
  • Romanian: epuizat — thin or haggard
  • Romanian: istovit — thin or haggard
  • Romanian: vlăguit — thin or haggard
  • Romanian: secătuit — thin or haggard
  • Russian: измождёный (izmoždjónyj) — thin or haggard
  • Russian: истощённый (istoščónnyj) — thin or haggard
  • Spanish: demacrado — thin or haggard
  • Spanish: macilento — thin or haggard
  • Spanish: emaciado — thin or haggard
  • Swedish: utmärglad — thin or haggard
  • Turkish: zayıf — thin or haggard
  • Turkish: arık — thin or haggard
  • Ottoman Turkish: ضعیف (zaʼif) — thin or haggard
  • Uyghur: ياداڭ (yadang) — thin or haggard
  • Uyghur: ياداڭغۇ (yadangghu) — thin or haggard