Emaciated (Adjective)
Meaning
Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The emaciated figure of the old man was a stark reminder of the devastating effects of poverty and malnutrition.
- After months of captivity, the prisoner was released, his emaciated body a testament to the harsh conditions he had endured.
- The doctor was shocked by the emaciated state of the young girl, who had been suffering from a severe eating disorder.
- The emaciated faces of the refugees told a heartbreaking story of struggle and survival in the war-torn country.
- The once-healthy athlete was now an emaciated shadow of his former self, his body ravaged by a debilitating illness.