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   Gaunt

   /ɡônt/

   

   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-zerosparebonyangularlankleanrawbonedpinchedhollow-cheekedhollow-eyedlantern-jawedscrawnyscragglyshriveledwastedwitheredraddledas 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 bleakstarkbarrenbaredrabdesolatedrearydismalgloomysomberforlorngrimsternharshforbiddinguninvitingunwelcomingcheerlessOpposite cheerful

   Word Origin late Middle English: of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. gauntly adverb
   • 2. gauntness noun

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