gaunt
Meaning of gaunt
adjective
- (of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.
a tall, gaunt woman in black
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
Information about gaunt
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of gaunt is: gaunts.
- Languages in which gaunt is used:
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Hyphenation of gaunt
gaunt
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- gaunt is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
gaunt synonyms
Meaning bony:
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
Meaning (of a person) looking strained from illness, exhaustion, anxiety, or pain:
Meaning (of a person or part of their body) unattractively thin:
Meaning long or tall and thin:
Meaning having little, or too little, flesh or fat on the body:
Meaning with no excess fat; thin:
Meaning (of a person or part of their body) lean and having a prominent bone structure:
Meaning (of a person) lanky:
Meaning be in or move into a sloping position:
Meaning (of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony:
Meaning (of a person or animal) thin and bony:
Meaning wrinkled and shrunken, especially as a result of loss of moisture or old age:
Meaning (of a plant) dry and shrivelled:
Meaning showing signs of age or fatigue:
Meaning lacking enough food; emaciated:
gaunt antonyms
Meaning having a full rounded shape:
Anagrams of gaunt
Words that rhyme with gaunt
aunt, ascaunt, adaunt, daunt, grandaunt, bleaunt, Gaunt, armgaunt, intrigaunt, chaunt, dishaunt, enhaunt, haunt, prehaunt, unhaunt, fiaunt, seriaunt, jaunt, aflaunt, alaunt, flaunt, talaunt, romaunt, naunt, stepaunt, draunt, graunt, persaunt, pesaunt, puissaunt, saunt, ataunt, taunt, avaunt, countervaunt, devaunt, outvaunt, paravaunt, vaunt
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