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GAUNT
cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
(adjective) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; “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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
gaunt (comparative gaunter, superlative gauntest)
lean, angular, and bony
haggard, drawn, and emaciated
bleak, barren, and desolate
Synonyms
• scraggy, scrawny, skinny
Anagrams
• Tunga, untag
Proper noun
Gaunt (plural Gaunts)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gaunt is the 11993rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2604 individuals. Gaunt is most common among White (91.28%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Tunga, untag
Source: Wiktionary
Gaunt, a. Etym: [Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. gwan weak.]
Definition: Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim. "The gaunt mastiff." Pope. A mysterious but visible pestilence, striding gaunt and fleshless across our land. Nichols.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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