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adjective
- 1. (of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age: "a tall, gaunt woman in black" Similar Opposite
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GAUNT definition: 1. very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger: 2. empty and not attractive: 3. very…. Learn more.
The meaning of GAUNT is excessively thin and angular. How to use gaunt in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Gaunt.
GAUNT meaning: 1. very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger: 2. empty and not attractive: 3. very…. Learn more.
Gaunt definition: extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated. . See examples of GAUNT used in a sentence.
1. extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from hunger or weariness. 2. bleak, desolate, or grim: the gaunt landscape of the tundra. [1400–50; late Middle English, probably < Old French gaunet, jaunet yellowish, derivative of gaune, jaune yellow < Latin galbinus greenish yellow] gaunt′ly, adv. gaunt′ness, n.
It means you look skinny like you're sick, not skinny like you have a personal nutritionist slapping your hand when you reach for a bonbon. A good way to remember gaunt is that it rhymes with haunt, and gaunt people look pale, drawn, and wasted — like you'd expect a haunting ghost to appear.
extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated. 2. bleak, desolate, or grim, as places or things. a gaunt, windswept landscape. SYNONYMS 1. lean, spare, scrawny, lank, angular, rawboned. See thin. ANTONYMS 1. stout.
Definition of gaunt adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Origin of Gaunt. From Middle English gawnt, gawnte (“lean, slender”), from Old French, probably from a Scandinavian source, related to Old Norse gandr (“magic staff, stick”), from Proto-Germanic *gandaz (“stick, staff”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to beat, hit, drive”).
GAUNT definition: very thin, especially because of being sick or old: . Learn more.
