Synonyms for emaciation
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of making very lean.
Related words
- Word family
- emaciate
Forms
- Plural
- emaciations → gauntnesses, macerations, boninesses, wastings…
Example sentences
- wasting Let's stop wasting time and get on with this work.
- atrophy Don't let your muscles atrophy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| emaciation | falling | |
| maceration | falling | |
| gauntness | rising | |
| boniness | steady | |
| wasting | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- tabes
- 7 letters
- wasting2, atrophy3
- 8 letters
- marasmus, bonyness, boniness
- 9 letters
- gauntness2
- 10 letters
- maceration
- 11 letters
- attenuation5, tabefaction
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wasting2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- émaciation