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Antonyms for malnourished
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mal-nur-isht, -nuhr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : mælˈnɜr ɪʃt, -ˈnʌr- |
Definition of malnourished
Origin :- 1906, from mal- "bad, badly" + nourished (see nourish).
- As in skinny : adj very thin
- As in starving/starved : adj deprived of food
- As in underweight : adj thin
- As in starving : adj deprived
- As in underfed : adj undernourished
- As in starved : adj hungry
- As in anorexic : adj starving
Synonyms for malnourished
- angular
- anorectic
- anorexic
- bony
- bulimic
- could eat a horse
- craving
- dehydrated
- dog-hungry
- drawn
- dying
- emaciated
- empty
- faint
- famished
- flying light
- gangly
- gaunt
- haggard
- have munchies
- hungering
- hungry
- ill-fed
- lank
- lanky
- lean
- like a rail
- macerated
- malnourished
- peaked
- peaky
- peckish
- perishing
- pinched
- puny
- rattleboned
- ravenous
- rawboned
- scraggy
- scrawny
- shadow
- sickly looking
- skeletal
- skeleton
- skin and bones
- skin-and-bone
- skinny
- slender
- spare
- starved
- starving
- stringbean
- thin
- twiggy
- underfed
- undernourished
- undersized
- underweight
- weakened
- without appetite
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