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gaunt
adjective
Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
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ɡɔːnt
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adjective
Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
“A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys”
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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
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