Meanings
nounemaciation (countable and uncountable, plural emaciations)
plural emaciations
- countableuncountableThe act of making very lean.
- countableuncountableThe state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
In youth he must have been singularly handsome, but years and care had left their vestiges on his noble features, which were thin even to emaciation.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Age and Youth”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 13
Synonyms & antonyms
nounextreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian мършавост
- мършавост (măršavost)the state of being emaciated
Catalan emaciació, emaciació
- emaciacióthe act of making very lean
- emaciacióthe state of being emaciated
Chinese Mandarin 憔悴
- 憔悴 (qiáocuì)the state of being emaciated
French émaciation, émaciation
- émaciationthe act of making very lean
- émaciationthe state of being emaciated
- émaciementthe state of being emaciated
German Abmagern, Abmagerung
- Abmagernthe act of making very lean
- Abmagerungthe act of making very lean
- Abgemagertheitthe state of being emaciated
Irish snoí
- snoíthe act of making very lean
Japanese 削痩, 削痩
- 削痩 (sakusō)the act of making very lean
- 削痩 (sakusō)the state of being emaciated
Māori kaikohinga
- kaikohingathe act of making very lean
Polish wychudzenie
- wychudzeniethe state of being emaciated
Russian истоще́ние
- истоще́ние (istoščénije)the state of being emaciated
Spanish emaciación
- emaciaciónthe act of making very lean
Tagalog pangangayayat
- pangangayayatthe act of making very lean
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with emaciation
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APA
emaciation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emaciation
MLA
“emaciation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emaciation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emaciation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emaciation.
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