gaunt
adjective
extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
gaunter
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comparativeof gaunt.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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For the last two-thirds of the film we mainly follow the wanderings of Garfield’s Father Rodrigues, who grows ever gaunter, more ragged, and more spiritually bereft.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2016
Now it was Lind say, gaunter and grayer after. four years of grappling with crises, who seemed like a man on the defensive.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bob Dole's cranky bombast suggests a gaunter Foghorn Leghorn.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a month of illness in Lahore, Jinnah recently returned to Karachi, gaunter than ever.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though they had worked reasonably hard already, their faces grew gaunter and harder under the strain, and as yet they had come upon little sign of any richer ore.
From The Gold Trail by Harold Bindloss
