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gaunt
- pronunciation:
- gawnt
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
exceptionally thin and bony.
- synonyms:
- bony, lanky, lean, meager, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, spare, spindly, thin
- antonyms:
- chubby, plump
- similar words:
- angular, lank, skinny, slender, weedy
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| definition 2: |
suffering from emaciation, as from disease, hunger, or lack of sleep; haggard.
- synonyms:
- cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, peaked
- antonyms:
- plump, well-fed
- similar words:
- drawn
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| related words: |
cadaverous, lean, meager, slight, spare, thin |
| derivations: |
gauntly (adv.), gauntness (n.) |
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