Meaning

6 senses
  1. Angular, bony, and lean.

    dünn, hager, knochig

    костля́выйkostljávyj, сухопа́рыйsuxopáryj, то́щийtóščij

  2. Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.

    abgemagert, ausgemergelt

    исхуда́лыйisxudályj, исхуда́вшийisxudávšij

    very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

  3. (figuratively)Of a place or thing: bleak, desolate.

    kahl, karg, nackt

  4. (figuratively, rare)Greedy; also, hungry, ravenous.

  5. (obsolete)With a positive or neutral connotation: not overweight; lean, slender, slim.

  6. (figuratively, obsolete)Of a sound: suggesting bleakness and desolation.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Tom was gaunt when they found him.

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  2. Elias was approached by a tall gaunt man.

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  3. I recoiled when I saw how gaunt she had become.

    deIch wich zurück, als ich sah, wie ausgezehrt sie geworden war.

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  4. The gaunt man rested in the shadow of a shrine.

    deDer hagere Mann ruhte sich im Schatten des Schreins aus.

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  5. The gaunt policeman had a bolt-action rifle slung over one shoulder.

    deDer hagere Polizist hatte sich ein Repetiergewehr über die Schulter geworfen.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
angular, bony, and lean:
unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
angular, bony, and lean:
unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard:
of a place or thing: bleak, desolate — see also bleak, desolate:

Origin

From Middle English gaunt, gawnt, gawnte, gant (“lean, slender, thin, gaunt”); further ety

From Middle English gaunt, gawnt, gawnte, gant (“lean, slender, thin, gaunt”); further etymology uncertain. Speculated origins include:

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