gaunt
adjective/ɡɔːnt/
/ɡɔːnt/
- (of a person) very thin, usually because of illness, not having enough food, or worry
- a gaunt face
- She looked gaunt and exhausted.
- The lean face had grown gaunt, the cheeks hollowed.
- her rather gaunt features
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- (of a building) not attractive and without any decoration
- the gaunt ruin of Pendragon Castle
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