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Meanings of gaunt in English

Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.

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Usage of gaunt in English
1
Not a creature abroad; the tall gaunt houses staring in the moonlight.
Hauntings / Fantastic Stories
2
He's all purpose and business, lean and gaunt beneath a new haircut.
The Irish Times
3
He had gained weight, yet still gave the impression of being gaunt.
Surrender to the will of the night
4
Even in the firelight how gaunt and strained it looked to her.
His Second Wife
5
A tail, gaunt figure loomed up in the bow of the lifeboat.
The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet
6
Surely that gaunt preacher had the true fire in his gray soul.
Adventures in Contentment
7
A gaunt man, armed with a bamboo cane, stood behind the animal.
The confusion
8
The fog was puffing through the gaunt arms, festooning the rigid hands.
The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
9
The gaunt man with the scarred lip was the first to speak.
Twelve Stories and a Dream
10
Though the word 'boy' hardly seemed to do this gaunt individual justice.
Artemis Fowl
11
The faint mockery of a smile wavered across the painfully gaunt face.
Never-Fail Blake
12
His wife, Rachel, looking frail and gaunt, issued a similar impassioned plea.
Reuters
13
He was the gaunt, taciturn individual we had seen at the wheel.
The Island of Doctor Moreau
14
The great gaunt figure sitting by her side quivered at the sound.
Wives and Daughters
15
Nothing but abject poverty, cruel, gaunt want stares me in the face.
The Romance and Tragedy of a Widely Known Business Man of New Yo...
16
Pavek grew gaunt from fever and denial; Sassel's purse grew even thinner.
The brazen gambit
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common