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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Gaunt \Gaunt\, a. [Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall
     and thin man, and W. gwan weak.]
     Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager;
     pinched and grim. ``The gaunt mastiff.'' --Pope.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A mysterious but visible pestilence, striding gaunt and
           fleshless across our land.               --Nichols.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Gaunt \Gaunt\, a. [Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall
     and thin man, and W. gwan weak.]
     Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager;
     pinched and grim. ``The gaunt mastiff.'' --Pope.
  
           A mysterious but visible pestilence, striding gaunt and
           fleshless across our land.               --Nichols.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  gaunt
       adj : very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
             "emaciated bony hands"; "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" [syn: bony,
             cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal,
              wasted]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gaunt
     Scots n.
     A yawn.
     Scots vb.
     To yawn.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Gaunt
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  gaunt
     a.
     lean, angular(,) and bony.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Gaunt
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  gaunt
     a.
     lean, angular(,) and bony.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Gaunt
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  gaunt
     a.
     lean, angular(,) and bony.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Gaunt
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gaunt
     Englanti a.
     1 laiha, luiseva; riutunut
     2 kolkko, synkkä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gaunt
     Engelska a.
     mager, benig, tanig

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  gaunt /ɡˈɔːnt/
  1. maer, skraal
  2. dun
  3. bedruk

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Gaunt /ɡˈɔːnt/
  نحيف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  gaunt //ɡɑːnt// //ɡɔːnt// 
  1. запуснат, мрачен
  bleak, barren} and desolate
  2. измъчен, изтощен
  haggard, drawn and emaciated
  3. костелив, мършав
  lean, angular and bony

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gaunt /ɡˈɔːnt/ 
  vychrtlý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gaunt /ɡˈɔːnt/ 
  vyzáblý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gaunt /ɡˈɔːnt/ 
  hubený

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gaunt /ɡˈɔːnt/
  kahl, karg, düster 
     Synonym: bleak
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gaunt /ɡˈɔːnt/
  mager, ausgemergelt, ausgezehrt 
           Note: Person
     Synonyms: drawn, haggard
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gaunt /ɡˈɔːnt/
  eingefallen 
           Note: z. B. Gesicht

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  gaunt /ɡˈɔːnt/
  
  κάτισχνος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  gaunt //ɡɑːnt// //ɡɔːnt// 
  1. jylhä, karu
  bleak, barren} and desolate
  2. luiseva
  lean, angular and bony

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  gaunt /gɔːnt/
  1. angulaire
  2. désert, désolé
  3. mince
  4. maussade, sombre
  5. maigre
  6. mélancolique
  7. morne

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  gaunt /gɔːnt/
  brónach

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  gaunt /ɡˈɔːnt/ 
  1. भूखा~रहकर~दुबला~होना
        "He looked weak and gaunt after recovering from illness."
  2. बिना~किसी~सजावट~के
        "A gaunt idol of Goddess Durga was installed in the temple."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  gaunt /ɡˈɔːnt/
  mršav

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  gaunt /ɡˈɔːnt/
  1. sivár
  2. ösztövér
  3. komor
  4. kísérteties
  5. keszeg
  6. barátságtalan
  7. elhagyatott
  8. sovány
  9. nyurga

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  gaunt /ɡˈɔːnt/
  1. magro
  2. sottile
  3. afflitto, triste

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  gaunt //ɡɑːnt// //ɡɔːnt// 
  1. 荒涼とした
  bleak, barren} and desolate
  2. げっそりやせた
  lean, angular and bony

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  gaunt /gɔːnt/
  1. angularis, angulatus, angulosus
  2. petilus

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  gaunt /gɔːnt/
  1. sulysęs, išbadėjęs, nusikamavęs
  2. ištįsęs
  3. (apie vietovę) niūrus

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  gaunt /gɔ:nt/ 
   1.  wychudzony, wynędzniały
   2.  posępny, bezludny

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  gaunt /gɔːnt/
  1. angular
  2. deserto, ermo
  3. delgado, fino, delicado
  4. sombrio, triste
  5. magro
  6. melancólico
  7. entristecedor, nebuloso

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  gaunt /gɔːnt/
  1. fino
  2. afligido, triste

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  gaunt /ɡˈɔːnt/
  1. zayıf, ince, kuru, gıdasızlıktan kurumuş
  2. kasvetli, sıkıcı.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɡɔnt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "gaunt":
     acarpous, angular, arid, bare, barren, bleak, bony, cadaverous,
     celibate, childless, desert, deserted, desolate, dismal, drained,
     dreary, dried-up, dry, emaciated, exhausted, fallow, flat,
     flat-chested, fleshless, forbidding, forlorn, fruitless, gangling,
     gangly, gawky, gelded, grim, haggard, harsh, hostile, impotent,
     ineffectual, infecund, infertile, inimical, issueless, jejune,
     lank, lanky, leached, lean, lean-fleshed, lean-looking, meager,
     menopausal, nonfertile, nonproducing, nonproductive, nonprolific,
     pinched, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, sine prole, skeletal, skinny,
     spare, spidery, spindling, spindly, stark, sterile, stern,
     sucked dry, teemless, thin, thin-bellied, thin-fleshed, twiggy,
     uncultivated, undersized, underweight, unfertile, unfriendly,
     unfruitful, unplowed, unproductive, unprolific, unsown, untilled,
     virgin, waste, wasted, without issue
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 憔悴的,荒凉的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 憔悴的,荒凉的,瘦削的

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