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   gaunt

   /ɡɔːnt/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age: "a tall, gaunt woman in black" Similar haggarddrawncadaverousskeletalemaciatedskin-and-bonesskinnyspindlythinover-thinsize-zerosparebonyangularlankleanraw-bonedpinchedhollow-cheekedhollow-eyedlantern-jawedscrawnyscraggyshrivelledwastedwitheredraddledas thin as a rakeas thin as a reedwithout an ounce of fatinformal:looking like death warmed uplooking like a bag of bonesdated:spindle-shankedarchaic:starvelingOpposite plump
   • ▪ (of a building or place) grim or desolate in appearance: "gaunt tenement blocks" Similar bleakstarkbarrenbaredrabdesolatedrearydismalgloomysombreforlorngrimsternharshforbiddinguninvitingunwelcomingcheerlessOpposite cheerful

   Word Origin late Middle English: of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. gauntly adverb
   • 2. gauntness noun

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   GAUNT definition: 1. very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger: 2. empty and not attractive: 3. very…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of GAUNT is excessively thin and angular. How to use gaunt in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Gaunt.

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5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGAUNT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated. 2. bleak, desolate, or grim, as places or things. a gaunt, windswept landscape. SYNONYMS 1. lean, spare, scrawny, lank, angular, rawboned. See thin. ANTONYMS 1. stout.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGAUNT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   GAUNT meaning: 1. very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger: 2. empty and not attractive: 3. very…. Learn more.

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   Definitions of gaunt. adjective. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. “a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys” synonyms: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted. lean, thin. lacking excess flesh. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Gaunt."

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › gauntGaunt - definition of gaunt by The Free Dictionary

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   gaunt - very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"