gaunt

/gɔ:nt/
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gaunt

A gaunt old man sits quietly on a park bench.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Extremely thin and bony, often in a way that suggests suffering, hunger, or illness: Describes a person or animal whose body appears wasted, with prominent bones and a hollowed look, typically due to deprivation, sickness, or age.
    • Bleak, desolate, or grim in appearance: Used to describe a landscape, building, or feature that appears barren, forbidding, and stark.
Examples of Usage
  • Describing a person's appearance:
    • After months of illness, his face was gaunt and pale.
    • The refugees were gaunt from hunger.
  • Describing a landscape or structure:
    • The gaunt cliffs rose sharply from the sea.
    • They walked through the gaunt ruins of the old castle.
Advanced Usage
  • "Gaunt with": Used to specify the cause of the thinness or haggard appearance.
    • Her face was gaunt with worry and lack of sleep.
  • Literary/Figurative Use: Can describe something non-physical that seems stripped down or severe.
    • The gaunt truth of the matter was hard to accept.
Variants and Related Words
  • Gauntly (adverb): In a gaunt manner.
    • The trees stood gauntly against the winter sky.
  • Gauntness (noun): The state or quality of being gaunt.
    • The gauntness of his features was alarming.
Synonyms
  • Emaciated: Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or lack of food. (Often interchangeable, but "emaciated" more strongly implies a cause like disease or starvation.)
  • Haggard: Looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering. (Focuses more on the tired, strained expression than just thinness.)
  • Skeletal: Resembling a skeleton; extremely thin.
  • Cadaverous: Resembling a corpse in being deathly pale and thin.
Idioms and Common Phrases
  • (As) gaunt as a rake: An idiom emphasizing extreme thinness.
    • He came back from his expedition looking as gaunt as a rake.
gaunt

A gaunt old man sits quietly on a park bench.

Adjective
  1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
    • emaciated bony hands
    • a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
    • eyes were haggard and cavernous
    • small pinched faces
    • kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration

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