gaunt
/ɡɔnt/ adjectif C2En français : anguleux, maigre, osseux, émacié
- Angular, bony, and lean.
- Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.
- Of a place or thing: bleak, desolate.
Comparatif gaunter · Superlatif gauntest
Dans la bibliothèque
“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.
She was thin and gaunt, and never smiled now.
His face was gaunt and swarthy, scored with deep, savage lines.
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.
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