What does extenuated mean?
Extenuated means Made slender or thin; emaciated, wasted..
Extenuated
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Made slender or thin; emaciated, wasted..
Definitions by Sense
- Made slender or thin; emaciated, wasted.
- simple past and past participle of extenuate
Example Sentences
To this extenuated spectre, perhaps, a crumb is not thrown once a year; but when ahungered and athirst to famine—when all humanity has forgotten the dying tenant of a decaying house—Divine Mercy remembers the mourner, […]
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Word Forms
- more extenuated
- most extenuated
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To this extenuated spectre, perhaps, a crumb is not thrown once a year; but when ahungered and athirst to famine—when all humanity has forgotten the dying tenant of a decaying house—Divine Mercy remembers the mourner, […]
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