13
famished(adjective, thin, faint, pale, emaciated)
9
emaciated(adjective, thin, lean, faint, pale)
6
underfed(adjective, thin, faint, pale, hungry)
6
weak(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
4
undernourished(adjective, thin, lean, faint, pale)
3
delicate(adjective, thin, pale, sickly-looking)
3
ill-fed(adjective, starving)
3
narrow(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
2
bony(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
2
foodless
2
niggardly(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
2
scrawny(adjective, thin, lean, underweight, undernourished)
2
skinny(adjective, thin, lean, empty, faint)
2
hungry(adjective, thin, pale, wishful, piggish)
2
starving(adjective, wishful, piggish, begging, tight-fisted)
2
thin(adjective, lean, faint, pale, hungry)
2
tight-fisted(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
2
underweight(adjective, thin, lean, undernourished, underfed)
1
jejune(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
1
anemic(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
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