extremities

NOUN

ultimate; limit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

terminus

STRONG

acme acuteness adversity apex apogee border bound boundary brim brink butt climax consummation crisis depth disaster edge end excess extreme extremes frontier height last margin maximum nadir outside pinnacle plight pole remote rim setback terminal termination tip top trouble verge vertex zenith

WEAK

dire straits

Antonyms

STRONG

aid base beginning blessing boon bottom center commencement good fortune good luck help inside interior middle minimum opening peace prosperity start success

NOUN

animate being's appendage

Synonyms

STRONGEST

limb

STRONG

backside finger flipper foot hand leg paw posterior toe

Antonyms

STRONG

front

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extremities

Your core temperature continues to plummet because the chilled blood from your extremities returns to your heart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

But the whole book is a wondrous exploration of the extremities of existence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025

It listed a number of "targeted disabilities": "Hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and dwarfism".

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025

These complications include carotid artery calcification, calcification of the abdominal aorta and peripheral vessels in the lower extremities, and small vessel disease in the feet.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024

I could hardly tell how men and women in extremities of destitution proceeded.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë