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
gaunt (comparative gaunter, superlative gauntest)
lean, angular, and bony
haggard, drawn, and emaciated
bleak, barren, and desolate
• scraggy, scrawny, skinny
• Tunga, untag
Gaunt (plural Gaunts)
A surname.
• 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.
• 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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
