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GAUNT

Pronunciation (US):

• GAUNT (adjective)
The adjective GAUNT has 1 sense:

1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Familiarity information: GAUNT used as an adjective is very rare.

• GAUNT (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Synonyms:

bony; cadaverous; emaciated; gaunt; haggard; pinched; skeletal; wasted

Context examples:

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

Similar:

lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)

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