痩やせさらばえる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

become emaciated; be skin and bones

Describes a state of extreme thinness, often with a nuance of being exposed or laid bare. Used for people or animals that have become gaunt.

• 長ながい病びょう気きで彼かれは痩やせさらばえてしまった。

  After a long illness, he became emaciated.

• 野の良ら猫ねこが痩やせさらばえて道みち端ばたに倒たおれていた。

  A stray cat, nothing but skin and bones, was lying by the roadside.