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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