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 gaunt gaunt /ˈgɔnt/

adjective

  1. () Very thin especially from disease, hunger or cold  ( skeletal , wasted , cadaverous , emaciated , gaunt , haggard , pinched )
    very thin especially from disease, hunger or cold
     A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
    a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
     Eyes were haggard and cavernous
    eyes were haggard and cavernous
     Small pinched faces
    small pinched faces
     Kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
    kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration