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gaunt

/ɡɔnt/ adjetivo C2

En español: chupado, demacrado, macilento, enjuto

  1. Angular, bony, and lean.
  2. Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.
  3. Of a place or thing: bleak, desolate. (figuratively)

Comparativo gaunter · Superlativo gauntest

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“All ready,” assured Diana, as Marilla appeared in the doorway, a gaunt figure with grayer hair than of yore and no fewer angles, but with a much softer face.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 278 · C1
She was thin and gaunt, and never smiled now.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 2 · B2
His face was gaunt and swarthy, scored with deep, savage lines.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 22 · C1
I have said that he was a gaunt, fierce old giant, and though I am no weakling I might have been hard put to it to hold my own against him.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 15 · B2

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