Home › Words › E › emaciateemaciate/ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiːˌeɪ̯t/emaciate means emaciated.emaciate is pronounced /ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiːˌeɪ̯t/.EtymologyBorrowed from Latin ēmaciātus, perfect passive participle of ēmaciō (“to make lean, to cause to waste away”), from ex- (“out”) + maciēs (“leanness”), from macer (“thin”).adjEmaciated.verbTo make extremely thin or wasted.To become extremely thin or wasted.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.emaciated 83% match — Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease. vs emaciate →emacerate 82% match — To make or become lean; to emaciate. vs emaciate →emaciatedness 80% match — The state or condition of being emaciated. vs emaciate →emaciation 80% match — The act of making very lean. vs emaciate →emaceration 75% match — emaciation vs emaciate →unemaciated 71% match — Not emaciated. vs emaciate →symptosis 67% match — Emaciation. vs emaciate →starved 64% match — Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished. vs emaciate →