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gaunt
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- pronunciation:
- gawnt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
exceptionally thin and bony.
Her appetite has returned and she's looking a little less gaunt.- synonyms:
- bony, lanky, meager, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, spare, spindly, thin
- antonyms:
- chubby, fleshy, plump
- similar words:
- angular, lank, lean, skinny, slender, weedy
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| definition 2: |
suffering from emaciation, as from disease, hunger, or lack of sleep; haggard.
The prisoners were gaunt and malnourished.- synonyms:
- cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, peaked
- antonyms:
- plump, well-fed
- similar words:
- drawn
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| related words: |
cadaverous, lean, meager, slight, spare, thin |
adverb + (adj.)gaunt
almost
(adj.)gaunt
+ adverb
forward
(adj.)gaunt
+ noun
appearance,
body,
bone,
cheek,
cheekbone,
eye,
face,
feature,
figure,
frame,
hair,
human,
hunger,
limb,
lip,
look,
mage,
man,
scarecrow,
shadow,
shoulder,
skeleton,
skin,
stranger,
visage,
woman
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| derivations: |
gauntly (adv.), gauntness (n.) |
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