Gaunt
[gɔːnt]
Definition
(a.) Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Lean, thin, lank, emaciated, meagre, slender, spare, attenuated.
Editor: Shelton
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Grim, savage, lean, lank, hungry, thin, spare, attenuated, emaciated
ANT:Docile, tractable, tame, sleek, well-fed
Editor: Manuel
Definition
adj. thin: of a pinched appearance: causing emaciation.—adv. Gaunt′ly.—n. Gaunt′ness.
Editor: Natasha
Examples
- So there was splendour and wealth, but no great happiness perchance, behind the tall caned portals of Gaunt House with its smoky coronets and ciphers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The ladies of Gaunt House called Lady Bareacres in to their aid, in order to repulse the common enemy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was a very tall gaunt captain of artillery with a red scar along his jaw. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Her thinness seemed to be the effect of some wasting fire within her, which found a vent in her gaunt eyes. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I approached and knocked at the door, which was instantly opened by a tall, gaunt woman with a harsh, forbidding face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- With sunken cheek and hollow eyes, pale and gaunt, how could I recognize the beloved of Perdita? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- His wife and family returned to this country and took up their abode at Gaunt House. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She patronized Lady Gaunt and her astonished and mortified sister-in-law--she ecrased all rival charmers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Life-like sounds bring life-like feelings: this shape was too round and low for my gaunt nun: it was only Madame Beck on duty. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The Bishopess of Ealing was shocked beyond expression; the Bishop went and wrote his name down in the visiting-book at Gaunt House that very day. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Severe, spotless, and beautiful, Lady Gaunt held the very highest rank in Vanity Fair. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We were all assembled round him when the door opened, and a tall, gaunt woman entered the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lady Gaunt writes them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- With a motherly tenderness the gaunt woman put her arm round her mistress and led her from the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was only her delight at going to Gaunt House and facing the ladies there, she said, which amused her so. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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