gaunt

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++gaunt /ɡɔːnt $ ɡɒːnt/ adjective  1  THIN PERSONvery thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry 〔因生病或长期烦忧〕瘦削的，憔悴的 SYN drawn the old man’s gaunt face 老人那瘦削的脸庞► see thesaurus at thin2  C literary a building, mountain etc that is gaunt looks very plain and unpleasant 〔建筑物、山等〕平淡无奇的，难看的 a gaunt cathedral 难看的大教堂 —gauntness noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

gaunt• He has lost his hair and some teeth and appeared quite gaunt.• He could see his reflection, turned gaunt and ashen, in the fragment of mirror propped against the lavatory window.• When I visited him in hospital Albert looked terrible -- his face was gaunt and his hair had turned grey.• It looked gaunt and inhospitable, he realised.• It was a youthful but gaunt face from which a yes meant no.• The gaunt faces beneath closely cropped heads and the young faces on emaciated bodies had began to assume form and substance.• The grittiness of the coal smoke coming down on those gaunt January afternoons was still in her nostrils.• The District Attorney at forty-four had the gaunt look of a man twenty years older.• Ruth looked away in panic then braved herself to look back but the gaunt, pinched face had gone.• It was hard to say which were skinnier and more gaunt, the men or the animals.Origin gaunt (1400-1500) Perhaps from a Scandinavian language

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or Corpus especially pale, illness of and because thin very

gaunt
gaunt /ɡɔːnt $ ɡɒːnt/ adjective1. very thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry
   SYN  drawn:
    the old man’s gaunt face
2. literary a building, mountain etc that is gaunt looks very plain and unpleasant:
    a gaunt cathedral
—gauntness noun [uncountable]
     

THESAURUS

■ person
   ▪ thin having little fat on your body: a tall, thin man
   ▪ slim thin in an attractive way: her slim figure | a slim woman in her fifties | Magazines are always full of advice about how to stay slim.
   ▪ slender written thin in an attractive and graceful way – used especially about parts of the body, and used especially about women: her long, slender legs | She is slender, with very fair hair.
   ▪ lean thin and looking healthy and fit: his lean body | He was lean and looked like a runner.
   ▪ skinny very thin in a way that is not attractive: a skinny teenager | Your arms are so skinny!
   ▪ slight written thin and delicate: a small, slight girl with big eyes
   ▪ scrawny /ˈskrɔːni $ ˈskrɒː-/ very thin, small, and weak-looking: a scrawny kid in blue jeans
   ▪ underweight below the usual weight for someone of your height, and therefore too thin: He had no appetite and remained underweight.
   ▪ gaunt /ɡɔːnt $ ɡɒːnt/ written very thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry: He looked gaunt and had not shaved for days.
   ▪ emaciated /ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtəd, ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd, -si-/ written extremely thin and weak, because you are ill or not getting enough to eat: The tents were filled with emaciated refugees.
   ▪ skeletal written used about someone who is so thin that you can see the shape of their bones: The soldiers were shocked by the skeletal figures of the camp’s prisoners.
   ▪ anorexic used about someone who is extremely thin because they have a mental illness that makes them stop eating: Her daughter is anorexic. | anorexic teenagers

gauntBrE /ɡɔːnt/ 🔊NAmE /ɡɔːnt/ 🔊 adjective(of a person 人) very thin, usually because of illness, not having enough food, or worry （常因疾病、饥饿或忧虑而）瘦削憔悴的◆a gaunt face憔悴的面容(of a building 建筑物) not attractive and without any decoration 寒碜的；破败的▸ gaunt·ness BrE /ˈɡɔːntnəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡɔːntnəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]