← BackshareGuessemaciate/ɪˈmeɪʃiˌeɪt/verbTo make someone or something extremely thin and weak, usually because of illness or lack of food.The disease can emaciate a person if left untreated.Years of drought emaciated the cattle on the farm.The long illness began to emaciate the patient.SynonymsweakenwasteAntonymsfatten