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Gaunt Moderate

Gaunt has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Adjective
1

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

"a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"

"eyes were haggard and cavernous"

"small pinched faces"

"kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

2

lean, angular, and bony

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

Example Sentences
"a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys" adjective
"eyes were haggard and cavernous" adjective
"small pinched faces" adjective
"kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" adjective
See Also
emaciated bleak spare lean hollow drawn haggard thin
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
unt aunt munt lunt dunt sunt gunt punt funt runt hunt cunt taunt vaunt slunt naunt brunt prunt jaunt blunt
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