gauntness

gaunt

G0062000 (gônt)adj. gaunt·er, gaunt·est 1. Thin or emaciated: "Her smile took up ever more of her increasingly gaunt face" (Lindsey Crittenden). See Synonyms at lean².2. Bleak or desolate: "She walked along fast ... scared of ... the few shadowy people and the old gaunt houses with their wide inky doorways" (John Dos Passos).

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[Middle English, perhaps from Old French gant, possibly of Scandinavian origin.]

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gaunt′ly adv.gaunt′ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gauntness - extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)boniness, bonyness, emaciation, macerationleanness, spareness, thinness - the property of having little body fat

Translations

瘦削

gaunt

(goːnt) adjective (of a person) thin or thin-faced. a gaunt old woman. 瘦削的，憔悴的 瘦削的，憔悴的 ˈgauntness noun 瘦削 瘦削