English adjective: gaunt | |||
1. | gaunt very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | bony, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted | ||
Similar | lean, thin | ||
Antonyms | fat | ||