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IELTS BNC: 15556 COCA: 15460

gaunt

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
gaunt /ˈgɑːnt/ adjective
gaunter; gauntest
gaunt
/ˈgɑːnt/
adjective
gaunter; gauntest
Learner's definition of GAUNT
: very thin usually because of illness or suffering(通常因疾病或苦难而)骨瘦如柴的,憔悴的
literary : plain and unpleasant in appearance : desolate and gloomy枯萎的;荒废的

— gauntness

noun [noncount]
IELTS BNC: 15556 COCA: 15460

gaunt

adjective

ˈgȯnt How to pronounce gaunt (audio)
ˈgänt
1
: excessively thin and angular
a long gaunt face
2
gauntly adverb
gauntness noun
Choose the Right Synonym for gaunt

lean, spare, lank, lanky, gaunt, rawboned, scrawny, skinny mean thin because of an absence of excess flesh.

lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours.

a lean racehorse

spare suggests leanness from abstemious living or constant exercise.

the gymnast's spare figure

lank implies tallness as well as leanness.

the lank legs of the heron

lanky suggests awkwardness and loose-jointedness as well as thinness.

a lanky youth, all arms and legs

gaunt implies marked thinness or emaciation as from overwork or suffering.

a prisoner's gaunt face

rawboned suggests a large ungainly build without implying undernourishment.

a rawboned farmer

scrawny and skinny imply an extreme leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality.

a scrawny chicken
skinny street urchins

Example Sentences

He left the hospital looking tired and gaunt. a gaunt factory on the edge of town
Recent Examples on the Web Penny was so gaunt that hospital staff notified the state’s child protective services that she was malnourished, prompting an investigation. Madison Muller, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2022 The photo showed a gaunt, intense-looking young man. James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022 Matthew VanDyke, a gaunt, bearded forty-two-year-old from Baltimore, grabbed his rucksack from the carousel and strode purposefully toward the exit. Seth Harp, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022 The schoolmaster was tall and thin with a hunched back and a deep scowl on his gaunt face. Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 June 2022 The gaunt killer, dressed in a gray suit, declined the judge’s final offer to address the court. New York Times, 14 June 2022 Her hands and feet were gaunt, her skin a pale gray. Washington Post, 13 June 2022 The president rambled, occasionally mixed up words, trailed off awkwardly once or twice, and looked gaunt. Rich Lowry, National Review, 10 June 2022 Nobody wanted to see a gaunt cancer patient out of breath, trying to tell jokes. Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 29 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of gaunt was in the 15th century
IELTS BNC: 15556 COCA: 15460

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