Meaning & Definition of Gaunt in English
English⟶
Gaunt
/gɔnt/
adjective
1. 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"
synonym:
- bony,
- cadaverous,
- emaciated,
- gaunt,
- haggard,
- pinched,
- skeletal,
- wasted