gaunt (redirected from gauntest)

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 [gɔːnt]

adj

1. bony and emaciated in appearance

2. (of places) bleak or desolate

[perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian dialect gand tall lean person]

gauntly  adv

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 Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about.
thin fat, lush, plump, stout, chubby, obese, well-fed, corpulent

2. bleak, bare, harsh, forbidding, grim, stark, dismal, dreary, desolate, forlorn a large, gaunt, grey house
bleak inviting, luxurious, lush

Translations

gaunt [gɔːnt] ADJ

1. [face] (= drawn) → chupado; (= unhealthy) → demacrado; [person] → flaco y adusto

2. (fig) (= grim) [building] → sobrio, adusto

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gaunt [ˈgɔːnt] adj

[person] → décharné(e)

(= grim, desolate) → désolé(e)

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gaunt

adj

(= haggard) → hager; (= emaciated) → abgezehrt

(liter: = stark) building → trist; tree → dürr und kahl; landscape → öde

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

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gaunt [gɔːnt] adj → emaciato/a; (face) → smunto/a, 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 riutunut émacié צנום दुबला mršav, upala lica sovány kurus magur, tálgaður scarno やつれた 수척해진 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