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Definitions

atrophied

[a-truh-feed] / ˈæ trə fid /
ADJECTIVE
emaciated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bony gaunt scrawny skeletal skinny
STRONG
attenuate attenuated famished lean peaked pinched starved wasted
WEAK
cadaverous consumptive haggard lank like a bag of bones meager skeletonlike skin and bones thin as a rail underfed wizened
Antonyms
STRONGEST
chubby fat heavy overweight plump thick
STRONG
full
WEAK
overnourished
ADJECTIVE
skeletal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bony emaciated
WEAK
attenuated cadaverous drawn famished gaunt haggard lank lean scrawny shriveled shrunken skin and bones skinny starved thin underfed undernourished withered
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fat heavy overweight plump
ADJECTIVE
wasted
Synonyms
STRONG
attenuated famished lean shriveled starved thin undernourished withered
WEAK
bony gaunt haggard lank scrawny skeletal skin and bones skinny underfed
Antonyms
STRONG
fat full

Example Sentences

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When we met him, he meandered across the field, atrophied by lack of exercise, sat on my foot and looked up with a hopeful demeanor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Any principles beyond those have atrophied into invisibility.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2025

Those muscles atrophied, leaving a huge opportunity for someone like Matt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025

Social skills and conversational ease have stiffened and atrophied.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

His senses must have been blunted and atrophied with money and the getting of it.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.