gaunt
adjective
extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
gauntness
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a word derived from
gaunt.
Example Sentences
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But catch his cameo in "Satyricon"; you’ll see the haunted gauntness in his eyes and know that, for two decades, he was also killing himself with food.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2024
In lieu of the rugged cowboy Mr. Avedon shot an out-of-work busboy in Provo, Utah, jeans cinched against his gauntness.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
His features were familiar, but they lacked the compelling gauntness or the special light in the eyes that had transfixed a generation of bobbysoxers.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2016
Such archness is kind of reassuring, especially given Vivian’s gallows gauntness and pallor.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2012
Almost all the boys were thin, some past the point of gauntness, with spindly shanks and arms like twigs.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
