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macilento — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gaunt adj Unhealthily thin, especially with a hollow, drawn look from hunger, illness, or exhaustion.
  • haggard adjective Looking tired, worn out, or unwell, often from stress, illness, or lack of sleep.
  • scrawny adj Unattractively thin, often to the point of looking undernourished.
  • skinny adj Very thin, often used with a slightly negative or critical tone.

Senses

macilento is used for these senses in English:

  • gaunt Angular, bony, and lean.
  • haggard Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
  • scrawny Thin, malnourished, and weak.
  • skin and bones A person or an animal that is emaciated or very thin, as from lack of nutrition.
  • skinny (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).

gaunt — full definition

  1. adj Unhealthily thin, especially with a hollow, drawn look from hunger, illness, or exhaustion.
  2. adj Bleak, bare, or desolate, describing a place or a mood rather than a person.

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