gaunt.

Very thin and worn-looking, especially with sharply defined facial or bodily features.

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Words that belong together

• gaunt face
• gaunt figure

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A gaunt face looked back from the portrait.

The journey left him gaunt.

The gaunt tower rose above the field.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: More gaunt; most gaunt where gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.