ANORECTIC Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

anorectic

adjective

variants also anoretic

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Adjective

In 2022, Austrian director Marie Kreutzer released Corsage, the excellent feminist re-reading of the life of 19th century Empress Elizabeth, known as Sissi, with Vicki Krieps as the eccentric, anorexic empress and Florian Teichtmeister as her philandering husband, Franz Joseph I.

— Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 May 2026
His maternal grandmother was anorexic.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026

Definition of anorexic

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There are existing methods for cleaning skeletal remains, such as burial, digestive enzymes, or chemical treatments.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
An experiment on mice conducted by a team of researchers from Texas A&M University has revealed a healing sequence in mammalian physiology that rebuilds lost skeletal structure, albeit with less than perfect results.

— Mike McRae June 28, New Atlas, 28 June 2026

Definition of skeletal

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Among those transferred out was Flora, a 10-year-old brindle shepherd who the organization said came in emaciated and missing her left front leg.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2026
Police found Nola’s emaciated body wrapped in plastic inside a suitcase.

— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026

Definition of emaciated

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The church’s punishment, however, delivered in front of the congregants, is an eerie ritual performed by a gaunt, severe visitor (Nicholas Hope).

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Brig is in the Upper Valais, a gaunt and conservative place where the inhabitants speak Walliser German, an Alpine dialect that many Swiss people find unintelligible.

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Definition of gaunt

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Rocking back and forth nervously during a television appearance, a haggard-looking Diaz-Canel acknowledged the same talks, which his government had denied were taking place just days before.

— Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
Wrexham, meanwhile, was near the bottom, struggling in England’s lowest division under a haggard fan-ownership group keeping it on life support.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Mar. 2026

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