gaunt

gaunt  (gônt)

adj. gaunt·er, gaunt·est

1. Thin and bony; angular. See Synonyms at lean².

2. Emaciated and haggard; drawn.

3. Bleak and desolate; barren.

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[Middle English, perhaps from Old French gant, possibly of Scandinavian origin.]

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gauntly adv.

gauntness n.

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gaunt

Adjective

1. bony and emaciated in appearance

2. (of a place) bleak or desolate: the gaunt disused flour mill [origin unknown]

gauntness n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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" bony, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

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gaunt

adjective 1. thin, lean, skinny, skeletal, wasted, drawn, spare, pinched, angular, bony, lanky, haggard, emaciated, scrawny, skin and bone, scraggy, cadaverous, rawboned << OPPOSITE plump

adjective 2. bleak, bare, harsh, forbidding, grim, stark, dismal, dreary, desolate, forlorn << OPPOSITE inviting

Translations

gaunt [gɔːnt] adj → descarnado;

(fig) → adusto

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gaunt [gɔːnt] adj → décharné(e) (= grim, desolate); désolé(e)

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gaunt [gɔːnt] adj (haggard) → hager;

(bare, stark) → öde

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gaunt [gɔːnt] adj → scarno/a (= grim, desolate); desolato/a

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gaunt

adj gaunt [goːnt]

(of a person) thin or thin-faced a gaunt old woman. uitgeteerde نَحيل، هَزيل мършав vyzáblý mager hager αποστεωμένος flaco, chupado; demacrado kuivetu لاغر و نحیف luiseva émacié צנום दुबला mršav, upala lica sovány kurus magur, tálgaður scarno やつれた 몹시 여윈 liesas, sudžiūvęs vājš; izdēdējis; izdilis kurus kering uitgemergeld utmagret, høy og knoklet mizerny esquálido sfrijit, slab худощавый vycivený mršav mršav mager, avtärd ผอมแห้ง sıska, cılız 瘦削的，憔悴的 худий دبلا، مریل gầy 瘦削的，憔悴的

n gauntness

uitgeteerdheid نَحالَه измършавялост vyzáblost magerhed die Hagerkeit αδυναμία, αποστέωση flaqueza, escualidez kuivetus لاغری luisevuus émaciation רָזוֹן कृशता, मनहूसियत mršavost, upalost soványság kekurusan manneskja sem er horuð/tekin estrema magrezza やつれ 수척함 liesumas vājums; izdilums kegersangan magerheid utmagrethet wymizerowanie magreza slăbiciune худощавость vycivenosť mršavost mršavost avtärdhet ที่ผอมแห้ง sıskalık, cılızlık 瘦削 худина, худорба ہیئت کزائی tình trạng gầy 瘦削