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 gaunt'ly adv.
gauntness gaunt'ness n.

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adjective

1. Having little flesh or fat on the body: angular, bony, fleshless, lank, lanky, lean², meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See fat/thin.
2. Pale and exhausted, as because of worry or sleeplessness: careworn, drawn, haggard, hollow-eyed, wan, worn. See tired/fresh.
3. Physically haggard: cadaverous, drawn, emaciated, shrunken, skeletal, wasted. Idioms: skin and bones. See better/worse, tired/fresh.

adj

Definition: skinny, pale
Antonyms: plump, thick, well-nourished

IN BRIEF: Worn and lean, as from hunger or illness. Also: Looking gloomy and deserted.

Then one afternoon as he sat in a tavern, a gaunt and tattered figure staggered across the threshold. — Hugh B. Brown (1883-1975).

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Thin plus obvious diminution in abdominal size, indicative of reduced feed intake leading to reduced gut fill.

For a list of words related to gaunt, see:

• Sickly, out of shape, dull, or weak

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - udtæret, udmagret, høj og knoklet, mager

Nederlands (Dutch)
broodmager, grimmig

Français (French)
adj. - décharné, lugubre

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hager, öde

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κάτισχνος, κοκκαλιάρης, συντετριμμένος

Italiano (Italian)
scarno

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - esquelético, sombrio

Русский (Russian)
исхудалый, долговязый, вытянутый в длину, мрачный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - demacrado, lúgubre, feroz, flaco, desvaído, chupado, severo, adusto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mager, dyster, spöklik, ihålig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
憔悴的, 荒凉的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 憔悴的, 荒涼的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 마른, 외로운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - げっそりとやせた, 荒涼とした, やせた, やつれた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) هزيل, كئيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רזה, כחוש, קודר, שומם‬

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