emaciate

emaciate is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.
2. transitive verb. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.
3. adjective. Emaciated.
4. verb. grow weak and thin or waste away physically

   "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"

5. verb. cause to grow thin or weak

   "The treatment emaciated him"

   Synonyms: macerate, waste

Synonyms

macerate, waste

Common word forms

emaciated, emaciates, emaciating

Words from these letters

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