gaunt

• Qualifie une personne très maigre et osseuse, souvent à cause de la faim, d'une maladie ou de l'âge.

Describes a person who is very thin and bony, often as a result of hunger, illness, or age.

1. Very thin and bonyB2formal

   Extremely thin and bony, often due to hunger, illness, or age.

   Très maigre et osseux

   • After weeks without food, the prisoner looked gaunt.
   • Her gaunt face showed the toll of the illness.
   • The gaunt figure stood silently in the doorway.

   Synonymesbonycadaverousemaciatedhaggardscrawnyskeletalwasted

   Antonymeschubbycorpulentfatfleshyfullobeseplumpportlyrotundstout

2. Bleak or desolateC1formal

   Describing a place or landscape that is bare, barren, and grim.

   désolé, morne

   • The gaunt landscape stretched for miles with no sign of life.
   • The abandoned house had a gaunt, eerie appearance.
   • The gaunt hills were covered only in dry grass.

   Synonymesbarebarrenbleakdesolateforbiddinggrimharshstark

   Antonymesabundantbountifulfertilegreenlushluxuriantrichverdant