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The definition of gaunt is looking thin, bony or sickly.

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An example of gaunt is the appearance of someone who hasn’t eaten enough for many weeks.

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See gaunt in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

thin and bony; hollow-eyed and haggard, as from great hunger or age; emaciated
looking grim, forbidding, or desolate

Origin: ME gawnte, earlier gant, slender, thin, gaunt < ?

Related Forms:

gauntly adverb
gauntness noun

See gaunt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective gaunt·er, gaunt·est

Thin and bony; angular. See Synonyms at lean².
Emaciated and haggard; drawn.
Bleak and desolate; barren.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , perhaps from Old French gant

Origin: , possibly of Scandinavian origin

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Related Forms:

gauntˈly adverb

gauntˈness noun

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