Synonyms:
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
Gaunt paused.
"That's enough," said Gaunt.
Gaunt entered, and the rest trooped in after him.
"What has the school done, sir?" respectfully asked Gaunt.
Gaunt lifted his finger, and made a sign to Charles to approach.
"The fault lies in the boy, not in the master," interrupted Gaunt.
Mr. Blackwell, Mr. Gaunt's partner, arrived from the United States.
"We don't declare things upon suspicion, do we, Mr. Gaunt?" appealed Charles.
"Suppose it should turn out to have been a senior, Mr. Gaunt?" spoke Bywater.
The tall, gaunt figure of the Professor appeared suddenly at the tent entrance.