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Definition of "anorexic" []

  • Suffering from or afflicted with anorexia nervosa. (adjective)
  • Anorectic. (adjective)
  • Characterized by severe economy of style and expression: "The book consists of nineteen rather anorexic stories, stripped of all but vestigial traces of emotion and often of plot” ( Madison Smartt Bell). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "anorexic" in a sentence
  • "Gisele doesnt look skinnier she looks waaaaaaaaaaay tooo skinny its called anorexic"
  • "At first he describes her as "anorexic" -- but then he clarifies:"
  • "Honestly, I am sick being called anorexic or walking stick for being in size 2 and fit."