painfully thin
Frequency: 5.84.9 per million words
Excessively thin in a way that looks painful or unhealthy.
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Examples (10)
- The old horse was painfully thin.
- After weeks of illness, she looked painfully thin.
- The rescue dog was painfully thin when they found him.
- He's always been naturally slender, but now he's almost painfully thin.
- Her refusal to eat left her painfully thin and weak.
- The supermodel was criticized for being painfully thin in recent photos.
- Despite eating a lot, some people remain painfully thin due to a fast metabolism.
- The child's limbs were painfully thin, a clear sign of malnutrition.
- He worried about his sister, who seemed to be growing painfully thin.
- The documentary showed images of refugees who were painfully thin from lack of food.