Gaunt
adjective
Very skinny, especially because of sickness or hunger.
His illness had left him rather gaunt.
Often appears as...
- gaunt face
- gaunt-look
adjective
Sad, gloomy.
His face had a gaunt expression after hearing the bad news.
Often appears as...
- gaunt expression
- gaunt outlook
adjective
Very skinny, especially because of sickness or hunger.
His illness had left him rather gaunt.
Often appears as...
- gaunt face
- gaunt-look
adjective
Sad, gloomy.
His face had a gaunt expression after hearing the bad news.
Often appears as...
- gaunt expression
- gaunt outlook
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Condition
Used to describe a person's thin appearance that suggests poor health or malnutrition.
The refugee was gaunt after months without adequate food.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Can describe a look that's striking or distinguished, not just unwell.
The actor's gaunt face gave him a unique presence on screen.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
Emphasizes how skinny and drawn someone appears; more than just 'thin'.
Surviving the desert left him gaunt and weathered.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Condition
Used to describe a person's thin appearance that suggests poor health or malnutrition.
The refugee was gaunt after months without adequate food.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Can describe a look that's striking or distinguished, not just unwell.
The actor's gaunt face gave him a unique presence on screen.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
Emphasizes how skinny and drawn someone appears; more than just 'thin'.
Surviving the desert left him gaunt and weathered.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Condition
Used to describe a person's thin appearance that suggests poor health or malnutrition.
The refugee was gaunt after months without adequate food.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Can describe a look that's striking or distinguished, not just unwell.
The actor's gaunt face gave him a unique presence on screen.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
Emphasizes how skinny and drawn someone appears; more than just 'thin'.
Surviving the desert left him gaunt and weathered.
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A tale of mental illness...
could have prepared him for what he saw that day. For a week or more, I had barely eaten. I was gaunt. I walked as though my legs were wooden. My face looked and felt like a mask. I had closed all the curtains in the apartment, so in the middle of the day the apartment was in near total darkness.
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The tale of the doctor...
he wouldn’t entrust his son to those who passed judgment on human life. He ventured deeper into the tangled thicket. Here in the darkest part of the woods, the father made out a third figure. Sunken eyes stared out of its gaunt face, which broke into a crooked smile.
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A tale of mental illness...
could have prepared him for what he saw that day. For a week or more, I had barely eaten. I was gaunt. I walked as though my legs were wooden. My face looked and felt like a mask. I had closed all the curtains in the apartment, so in the middle of the day the apartment was in near total darkness.
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The tale of the doctor...
he wouldn’t entrust his son to those who passed judgment on human life. He ventured deeper into the tangled thicket. Here in the darkest part of the woods, the father made out a third figure. Sunken eyes stared out of its gaunt face, which broke into a crooked smile.
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Quote examples
Adrian McKinty
Irish Novelist
The first proper mystery novel that I read was 'Murder On the Orient Express' with a gaunt David Niven and a cherubic Peter Ustinov on the cover. 'Orient Express,' you'll recall, is the one where everyone did it, which delighted me no end, and I was immediately hooked.
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Shirley Ballas
English Dancer
When I first went on Strictly' I had a little phase at the beginning, you know, when I was sat next to this really beautiful lady, Darcey Bussell - this ballerina, this Snow White beauty - that I stopped eating until I looked at myself and realized I looked so gaunt.
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Heidi Klum
German Model
When you are just muscle, you end up being gaunt in the face, and that makes you look older by 5 or 10 years. I don't think of getting older as looking better or worse; it's just different. You change, and that's OK.
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Courteney Cox
American Actress
I don't think I'm too thin at all. I understand when people say, 'Well your face gets gaunt,' but to get your bottom half to be the right size, your face might have to be a little gaunt. You choose your battles.
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Andie MacDowell
American Actress
I can usually tell when a woman is going through a divorce because they look so gaunt and tired and sad. It's just a huge sadness. It's horrible. It's like death. You mourn, but the person's still there.
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Katherine Anne Porter
American Journalist
They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the look of gaunt suffering spirituality that a life of asceticism was supposed to give and quite often did not.
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Rosario Dawson
American Actress
When I see a woman who is all gaunt and emaciated, I don't think she's beautiful. She reminds me of a Chihuahua that's freezing and shaking.
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Kris Carr
American Author
The gaunt, unhealthy vegan is the muffin vegan. Bread and fries and processed veggie dogs. It's like, 'Hello? Did you eat your vegetables?
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Devon Windsor
American Model
I aspire to be an icon in a womanly, healthy way. I don't want to be some skinny, gaunt model nobody can relate to.
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John Waters
Director
At my age, you can go either fat or gaunt. I've gone gaunt.
Quote examples
Adrian McKinty
Irish Novelist
The first proper mystery novel that I read was 'Murder On the Orient Express' with a gaunt David Niven and a cherubic Peter Ustinov on the cover. 'Orient Express,' you'll recall, is the one where everyone did it, which delighted me no end, and I was immediately hooked.
Quote examples
Shirley Ballas
English Dancer
When I first went on Strictly' I had a little phase at the beginning, you know, when I was sat next to this really beautiful lady, Darcey Bussell - this ballerina, this Snow White beauty - that I stopped eating until I looked at myself and realized I looked so gaunt.
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Heidi Klum
German Model
When you are just muscle, you end up being gaunt in the face, and that makes you look older by 5 or 10 years. I don't think of getting older as looking better or worse; it's just different. You change, and that's OK.
Quote examples
Courteney Cox
American Actress
I don't think I'm too thin at all. I understand when people say, 'Well your face gets gaunt,' but to get your bottom half to be the right size, your face might have to be a little gaunt. You choose your battles.
Quote examples
Andie MacDowell
American Actress
I can usually tell when a woman is going through a divorce because they look so gaunt and tired and sad. It's just a huge sadness. It's horrible. It's like death. You mourn, but the person's still there.
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Katherine Anne Porter
American Journalist
They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the look of gaunt suffering spirituality that a life of asceticism was supposed to give and quite often did not.
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Rosario Dawson
American Actress
When I see a woman who is all gaunt and emaciated, I don't think she's beautiful. She reminds me of a Chihuahua that's freezing and shaking.
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Kris Carr
American Author
The gaunt, unhealthy vegan is the muffin vegan. Bread and fries and processed veggie dogs. It's like, 'Hello? Did you eat your vegetables?
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Devon Windsor
American Model
I aspire to be an icon in a womanly, healthy way. I don't want to be some skinny, gaunt model nobody can relate to.
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John Waters
Director
At my age, you can go either fat or gaunt. I've gone gaunt.
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