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gaunt
gaunt G0062000 (gônt)adj. gaunt·er, gaunt·est 1. Thin or emaciated: "Her smile took up ever more of her increasingly gaunt face" (Lindsey Crittenden). See Synonyms at lean2.2. Bleak or desolate: "She walked along fast ... scared of ... the few shadowy people and the old gaunt houses with their wide inky doorways" (John Dos Passos).
[Middle English, perhaps from Old French gant, possibly of Scandinavian origin.]
gaunt′ly adv.gaunt′ness n.gaunt (ɡɔːnt) adj1. bony and emaciated in appearance2. (of places) bleak or desolate[C15: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian dialect gand tall lean person] ˈgauntly adv ˈgauntness ngaunt (gɔnt)
adj. -er, -est. 1. extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from hunger or weariness. 2. bleak, desolate, or grim: the gaunt landscape of the tundra. [1400–50; late Middle English, probably < Old French gaunet, jaunet yellowish, derivative of gaune, jaune yellow < Latin galbinus greenish yellow] gaunt′ly, adv. gaunt′ness, n. Gaunt (gɔnt, gɑnt)
n. John of, John of Gaunt. 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, wastedlean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare |
gauntadjective1. 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, corpulent2. bleak, bare, harsh, forbidding, grim, stark, dismal, dreary, desolate, forlorn a large, gaunt, grey house
bleak inviting, luxurious, lushgauntadjective1. Having little flesh or fat on the body:angular, bony, fleshless, lank, lanky, lean, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy.Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail.2. Pale and exhausted, as because of worry or sleeplessness:careworn, drawn, haggard, hollow-eyed, wan, worn.3. Physically haggard:cadaverous, drawn, emaciated, shrunken, skeletal, wasted.Idiom: skin and bones.Translationsgaunt (goːnt) adjective (of a person) thin or thin-faced. a gaunt old woman. 瘦削的，憔悴的 瘦削的，憔悴的 ˈgauntness noun 瘦削 瘦削gaunt
Related to gaunt: John of GauntSynonyms for gauntadj thinSynonyms- thin
- lean
- skinny
- skeletal
- wasted
- drawn
- spare
- pinched
- angular
- bony
- lanky
- haggard
- emaciated
- scrawny
- skin and bone
- scraggy
- cadaverous
- rawboned
Antonyms- fat
- lush
- plump
- stout
- chubby
- obese
- well-fed
- corpulent
adj bleakSynonyms- bleak
- bare
- harsh
- forbidding
- grim
- stark
- dismal
- dreary
- desolate
- forlorn
AntonymsSynonyms for gauntadj having little flesh or fat on the bodySynonyms- angular
- bony
- fleshless
- lank
- lanky
- lean
- meager
- rawboned
- scrawny
- skinny
- slender
- slim
- spare
- thin
- twiggy
- weedy
adj pale and exhausted, as because of worry or sleeplessnessSynonyms- careworn
- drawn
- haggard
- hollow-eyed
- wan
- worn
adj physically haggardSynonyms- cadaverous
- drawn
- emaciated
- shrunken
- skeletal
- wasted
Synonyms for gauntadj very thin especially from disease or hunger or coldSynonyms- bony
- cadaverous
- emaciated
- haggard
- pinched
- skeletal
- wasted
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