gaunt C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɡɔnt/ UK /ɡɔːnt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj lean and haggard, especially from illness or hardship His gaunt face showed the toll of the long famine. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · lean and haggard,... haggardemaciatedthinskeletalcadaverousdrawnwasted ↔ Opposites plumprobustcorpulentsturdy Word family Derived forms gauntnessgauntly Etymology AI details Of uncertain origin, first attested in the 15th century; perhaps from a Scandinavian source akin to Norwegian dialect 'gand' ('thin stick'). Topics Describing Qualities External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # gaunt **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɡɔnt/ **IPA (UK):** /ɡɔːnt/ ## Meanings 1. lean and haggard, especially from illness or hardship ## Examples - His gaunt face showed the toll of the long famine. ## Synonyms - haggard - emaciated - thin - skeletal - cadaverous - drawn - wasted ## Antonyms - plump - robust - corpulent - sturdy ## Derived Forms - gauntness - gauntly ## Etymology Of uncertain origin, first attested in the 15th century; perhaps from a Scandinavian source akin to Norwegian dialect 'gand' ('thin stick'). ## AI Etymology Gaunt is of uncertain origin, first attested in the 15th century; perhaps from a Scandinavian source akin to Norwegian dialect 'gand' ('thin stick'). As an adjective, gaunt describes what is lean and haggard, especially from illness or hardship. The same family is visible in derived forms such as gauntness and gauntly. The wording should be read with that uncertainty intact: the proposed connection is plausible rather than absolute. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown