emaciated

Questions about emaciated

What does emaciated mean?

emaciated means "very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold".

How many syllables are in emaciated?

emaciated has 5 syllables: e-ma-ci-a-ted. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ɪˈmeɪʃiˌeɪtɪd/.

What is another word for emaciated?

Close synonyms include cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is emaciated a common word?

emaciated is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with emaciated?

40 words rhyme with emaciated. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.