Emaciated
Emaciated adjective - Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
Lean is a synonym for emaciated in characteristic topic. In some cases you can use "Lean" instead an adjective "Emaciated", when it comes to topics like state, characterisitc, poor, thin.
Nearby Words: emaciation, emaciating
Lean
Lean adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.
Usage example: all of the marathoners are extremely lean
Emaciated is a synonym for lean in thin topic. You can use "Emaciated" instead an adjective "Lean", if it concerns topics such as characteristic, state, characterisitc, bare.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Lean and Mean: The beast plague elongates the limbs of those afflicted while remaining the same width, causing nearly all the beast-type enemies in the game to appear extremely thin and emaciated.
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Mr. Zsasz is sometimes lean and muscular and has a buzz cut hair style like Henry Rollins with crazy eyes, and other times he's scrawny and looks like a balding, emaciated, meth addict with vacant eyes.
Source: Depending on the Artist
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