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单词 gauntness
释义

gaunt

adjective

ˈgȯnt How to pronounce gaunt (audio)
ˈgänt
1
: excessively thin and angular
a long gaunt face
2
: barren, desolate
gauntly adverb
gauntness noun

Synonyms

  • cadaverous
  • emaciated
  • haggard
  • skeletal
  • wasted
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Example Sentences

He left the hospital looking tired and gaunt. a gaunt factory on the edge of town
Recent Examples on the Web Penny was so gaunt that hospital staff notified the state’s child protective services that she was malnourished, prompting an investigation. Madison Muller, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2022 The photo showed a gaunt, intense-looking young man. James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022 Matthew VanDyke, a gaunt, bearded forty-two-year-old from Baltimore, grabbed his rucksack from the carousel and strode purposefully toward the exit. Seth Harp, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022 The schoolmaster was tall and thin with a hunched back and a deep scowl on his gaunt face. Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 June 2022 The gaunt killer, dressed in a gray suit, declined the judge’s final offer to address the court. New York Times, 14 June 2022 Her hands and feet were gaunt, her skin a pale gray. Washington Post, 13 June 2022 The president rambled, occasionally mixed up words, trailed off awkwardly once or twice, and looked gaunt. Rich Lowry, National Review, 10 June 2022 Nobody wanted to see a gaunt cancer patient out of breath, trying to tell jokes. Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 29 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

gaunt

adjective

ˈgȯnt How to pronounce gaunt (audio)
gaunter; gauntest
: very thin and bony (as from illness or hunger)
a gaunt face

gauntness

noun

as in skinniness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • skinniness
  • weediness
  • trimness
  • leanness
  • slenderness
  • slimness
  • scrawniness
  • svelteness
  • thinness
  • fitness
  • reediness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • corpulence
  • rotundity
  • pudginess
  • plumpness
  • corpulency
  • chubbiness
  • fatness
  • obesity
  • fleshiness
  • fat
  • embonpoint
  • grossness
  • weight
  • fattiness
  • adiposity
  • bulkiness
  • portliness
  • heaviness
  • stoutness
  • huskiness
  • pursiness
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