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macer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gaunt adj Unhealthily thin, especially with a hollow, drawn look from hunger, illness, or exhaustion.
  • lean verb To bend or tilt away from an upright position, or to rest against something for support.
  • meager adj Poor or lacking in amount, quality, or extent; barely enough.
  • skinny adj Very thin, often used with a slightly negative or critical tone.
  • thin adj Having little distance between opposite surfaces; not thick.

Senses

macer is used for these senses in English:

  • gaunt Angular, bony, and lean.
  • skinny (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
  • skinny (nonstandard) A skinny being.
  • thin Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

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.

lean — full definition

  1. verb To bend or tilt away from an upright position, or to rest against something for support.
  2. verb To favor or tend toward a particular opinion, choice, or direction.
  3. adjective Having little or no fat; thin and fit.
  4. adjective Having very little of something, especially money or resources; scarce.

Related Latin words