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gaunt definition

gaunt


 
  Grep  of  noun  gaunt 
  gauntlet 
  gauntlets 
  gauntness 
  gauntry 
 
  Overview  of  adj  gaunt 
 
  The  adj  gaunt  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (9)  bony,  cadaverous,  emaciated,  gaunt,  haggard,  pinched,  skeletal,  wasted  --  (very  thin  especially  from  disease  or  hunger  or  cold;  "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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  gaunt 
 
  1  sense  of  gaunt 
 
  Sense  1 
  bony,  cadaverous,  emaciated,  gaunt,  haggard,  pinched,  skeletal,  wasted 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  thin)  ->  fat 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  gaunt 
 
  1  sense  of  gaunt 
 
  Sense  1 
  bony,  cadaverous,  emaciated,  gaunt,  haggard,  pinched,  skeletal,  wasted 
  =>  thin  (vs.  fat),  lean 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  gaunt 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  gaunt 
 
  gaunt  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  gaunt 
  gaunt 
  gauntleted 
 
  Overview  of  adj  gaunt 
 
  The  adj  gaunt  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (9)  bony,  cadaverous,  emaciated,  gaunt,  haggard,  pinched,  skeletal,  wasted  --  (very  thin  especially  from  disease  or  hunger  or  cold;  "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") 



gaunt definition