ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsGgaunt
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gaunt
Meaning: thin and bony from hardship
gaunt in a sentence
How gaunt is used in real sentences:
Refugees arrived gaunt after weeks of travel.
Refugees arrived gaunt after weeks of travel.
“The final photograph showed a gaunt man whose collar hung loose, but the pages revealed a bold hand that barely changed over sixty years.”
— from the passage The Slanted Signature
Synonyms for gaunt
Other words for gaunt — haggard, emaciated and skeletal — carry the same meaning.
- haggard
- emaciated
- skeletal
Antonyms of gaunt
Words that mean the opposite of gaunt:
- plump
- well-fed
Where it comes from
Origin uncertain, perhaps Scandinavian
Memory hook
GAUNT — looks AUNT-thin.