GAUNT


Meaning of GAUNT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ gɔ:nt ]

1.

If someone looks gaunt , they look very thin, usually because they have been very ill or worried.

Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about.

= drawn

ADJ

2.

If you describe a building as gaunt , you mean it is very plain and unattractive. ( LITERARY )

Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.

ADJ : ADJ n

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