HyperDic: gaunt

English > 1 sense of the word gaunt:
ADJECTIVEallgaunt, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wastedvery thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
gaunt > pronunciation
Soundsgao'nt
Rhymesaunt ... want: 9 rhymes with aont...
English > gaunt: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningVery thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
Example "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"
Synonymscadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
Broaderthin, leanlacking excess flesh
Spanishcadavérico, chupado, consumido, delgaducho, demacrada, demacrado, descarnado, enclenque, enjuto, escuálido, esquelético, huesudo, macilenta, macilento, raquítico, seco
Catalancadavèric, consumit, demacrat, descarnat, escanyolit, escarransit, esquelètic, magre, ossut, raquític, ressec, sec, xuclat
Nounsgauntnessextreme / extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)

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