gaunt
adjective
[ ɡɔːnt ]
• (of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.
• "a tall, gaunt woman in black"
Similar:
haggard,
drawn,
cadaverous,
skeletal,
emaciated,
skin-and-bones,
skinny,
spindly,
thin,
over-thin,
size-zero,
spare,
bony,
angular,
lank,
lean,
raw-boned,
pinched,
hollow-cheeked,
hollow-eyed,
lantern-jawed,
scrawny,
scraggy,
shrivelled,
wasted,
withered,
raddled,
as thin as a rake,
as thin as a reed,
without an ounce of fat,
looking like death warmed up,
looking like a bag of bones,
spindle-shanked,
starveling,
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
