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Definition of 'gaunt'English
Alternative forms
* (l)
* (l) (Scotland)
Adjective
(er)
lean, angular and bony
* {{quote-book
|year=1894
|author=Joseph Jacobs
|title=The Fables of Aesop
|chapter=1
citation
|passage=A gaunt Wolf was almost dead with hunger when he happened to meet a House-dog who was passing by.}}
haggard, drawn and emaciated
* {{quote-book
|year=1917
|author=Arthur Conan Doyle
|title=His Last Bow
|chapter=5
citation
|passage=In the dim light of a foggy November day the sick room was a gloomy spot, but it was that gaunt , wasted face staring at me from the bed which sent a chill to my heart.}}
bleak, barren and desolate
* {{quote-book
|year=1908
|author=William Hope Hodgson
|title=The House on the Borderland
|chapter=14
citation
|passage=Behind me, rose up, to an extraordinary height, gaunt , black cliffs. }}
Synonyms
* scraggy, scrawny, skinny
Similar to 'gaunt'gnat, gent, giant, gamut, gannet, gemot, genet, ginnet, giaunt, gemoot, gnit, geneat
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