Emaciated
Emaciated adjective - Suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease.
Usage example: the emaciated bodies of the survivors of the concentration camps
Starving and emaciated are semantically related In some cases you can use "Starving" instead an adjective "Emaciated".
Nearby Words: emaciation, emaciating
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Even shackled, starving, and emaciated, he fights Brienne to a near-standstill before she finally overwhelms him (and even she admits that he'd have killed her in seconds in his prime).
Source: Adaptational Wimp -
He also had to go on a crash diet to play an emaciated, starving sailor for In the Heart of the Sea and re-bulked back up again to Thor-weight for Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Source: Creator / Chris Hemsworth -
When Pendergast discovers a connection between the killings he arrives at the crime scene once again dressed in his usual attire, but his severely emaciated figure from starving himself and his clear signs of exhibiting Sanity Slippage showcase that he's hardly back to normal.
Source: Literature / Two Graves
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