Gaunt — synonyms, definition

1. gaunt (a)

ailing alone angular bony cheerless chill chilling deficient desert deserted desolate dingy dreary emaciated forlorn forsaken gangling grim hungry insignificant • • •

2. gaunt (Adjective)

cadaverous haggard pinched skeletal wasted

gaunt (Adjective) — Very thin especially from disease, hunger or cold. ex. "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"

gaunt (Adjective) — Bleak, barren and desolate.