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Synonyms for emaciate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ih-mey-shee-eyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmeɪ ʃiˌeɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for emaciate Other synonyms for the word emaciate
- atrophy
- attenuate
- be of no avail
- burn up
- cook
- corrode
- crumble
- cut
- cut back
- debilitate
- decay
- decline
- delete
- disable
- disappear
- disperse
- doctor
- droop
- eat away
- ebb
- edit
- emaciate
- empty
- enfeeble
- expand
- extenuate
- fade
- fritter away
- frivol away
- gamble away
- gnaw
- go to waste
- lace
- lavish
- lose
- mash
- misapply
- misemploy
- misuse
- needle
- perish
- permeate
- pour down the drain
- prune
- rarefy
- reduce
- refine
- ret
- run dry
- run through
- sap
- saturate
- shave
- sink
- soak
- soften
- spike
- splurge
- squander
- steep
- thin
- throw away
- trifle away
- trim
- undermine
- wane
- water
- water down
- weaken
- wear
- wear out
- weed out
- wilt
- wither
Définition of emaciate
Origin :- 1620s (implied in emaciating), from Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare "make lean, waste away," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + macies "leanness," from macer "thin" (see macro-). Related: Emaciated; emaciating.
- As in thin : verb make diluted or less dense
- As in waste : verb spend or use without thought; dwindle
- As in macerate : verb liquefy
- As in rarefy : verb thin
- Even the Indian could perceive, from his feeble voice and emaciate steps, that he was not far from the grave.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
- After a month of toil and suffering, ragged and emaciate he at midnight reached the settlement.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
- Very hospitably they received the worn, emaciate, and ragged wanderers.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
- The emaciate mother was unable to afford sustenance to her infant.
- Extract from : « Louis XIV., Makers of History Series » by John S. C. Abbott
- Honor now bathed his face, and wet his lips with water, and as she sprinkled and rubbed back the gray hair from his emaciate!
- Extract from : « Fardorougha, The Miser » by William Carleton
- The daily use of these liquors tends greatly to emaciate and waste the strength of the body, etc.
- Extract from : « Select Temperance Tracts » by American Tract Society
- His fragile form was almost feminine in its proportions, but an eagle eye calmly reposed in his pallid and emaciate countenance.
- Extract from : « Josephine » by John S. C. Abbott
- Her son, burning with fever and emaciate from grief and fatigue, mounted the box behind in the disguise of a footman.
- Extract from : « Hortense, Makers of History Series » by John S. C. Abbott
- Sickness diminished the ranks, and emaciate men, haggard and way-worn, tottered painfully along the rugged ways.
- Extract from : « Hernando Cortez » by John S. C. Abbott
- Her cheeks were pale and emaciate, and her forced smile only proclaimed more loudly the grief which was consuming her heart.
- Extract from : « Louis XIV., Makers of History Series » by John S. C. Abbott
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