What is the meaning of gaunt?

Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
- usage: "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

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APA	WordNet. (2010). gaunt. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/gaunt/definitions/1174746
Chicago	WordNet. 2010. "gaunt" http://smartdefine.org/gaunt/definitions/1174746 (accessed September 22, 2026).
Harvard	WordNet 2010, gaunt, Smart Define, viewed 22 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/gaunt/definitions/1174746>.
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