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gauntness

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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.
[Middle English, perhaps from Old French gant, possibly of Scandinavian origin.]
gauntly adv.
gauntness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gauntness - extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)gauntness - extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
boniness, bonyness, emaciation, maceration
leanness, spareness, thinness - the property of having little body fat
Translations
gauntness
n
(= haggardness) → Hagerkeit f; (= emaciation) → Abgezehrtheit f
(liter: = starkness, of building) → Tristheit f; (of landscape) → Öde f
gauntness [ˈgɔːntnɪs] n (of person, face) → estrema magrezza
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