be+emaciated
121emaciate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare, from e + macies leanness, from macer lean more at meager Date: 1646 intransitive verb to waste away physically transitive verb 1. to cause to lose flesh so as to become… …
122extenuate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin extenuatus, past participle of extenuare, from ex + tenuis thin more at thin Date: 1529 1. a. archaic to make light of b. to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of by making partial …
123poor — adjective Etymology: Middle English poure, from Anglo French povre, pore, from Latin pauper; akin to Latin paucus little and to Latin parere to give birth to, produce more at few, pare Date: 13th century 1. a. lacking material possessions b. of,… …
124wasted — adjective Date: 15th century 1. laid waste ; ravaged 2. impaired in strength or health ; emaciated 3. archaic gone by ; elapsed < the chronicle of wasted time Shakespeare > 4. unprofitably used, made, or expended < …
125haggard — I. adjective Etymology: Middle French hagard Date: 1567 1. of a hawk not tamed 2. a. wild in appearance b. having a worn or emaciated appearance ; gaunt < haggard faces looked up sadly from out of the straw W. M. Thackeray > …
126peaked — I. adjective Date: 15th century having a peak ; pointed < peaked lapels > < a peaked hill > • peakedness noun II. adjective Etymology: 4peak …
127skeleton — I. noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, neuter of skeletos dried up; akin to Greek skellein to dry up, sklēros hard and perhaps to Old English sceald shallow Date: 1578 1. a usually rigid supportive or protective structure or framework of an… …
128skinny — I. adjective (skinnier; est) Date: 1573 1. resembling skin ; membranous 2. a. lacking sufficient flesh ; very thin ; emaciated b. lacking usual or desirable bulk, quantity, qualities, or significance Synonyms: se …
