gauntness
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈɡɔntnəs/
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demacración
- She was of average height and slender to the point of gauntness.
- point of gauntness
Examples
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The bad mood only seemed like a poker face, an air of sadness, followed by aging gauntness.
Blog text (18) -
I responded with a gauntness, a hollowness they had not bargained for.
Fiction book (1995) -
Now the lines in her face, the hollowed-out eyes, the gauntness, the looseness of skin beneath her neck, made her advanced age disconcertingly plausible.
Fiction book (2000) -
The child's gauntness was a clear sign of his struggle with severe malnutrition.
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After months of illness, her gauntness became apparent, as if her body was trying to draw attention to its frailty.
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The gauntness of the abandoned dog suggested it had been without food for days.
Synonyms
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2.3
A person who has very little body fat
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8.6
Extreme thinness from not enough food or illness
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8.2
Being very thin with little body fat
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4.9
Being very thin in a way that looks unhealthy
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3.4
Having little body fat and being thin
A very thin, weak body caused by illness or lack of food
A state of being very thin so that bones show clearly
Being very thin with bones clearly showing, often from illness or lack of food
Antonyms
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gauntness comes from the old word gaunt, which once described a hollow, bony look and the idea of being 'thin'. So, imagine sunken cheeks and visible bones — that picture explains why gauntness means extreme thinness, often from illness or lack of food.