gaunt | Definition of gaunt

Synonyms and Antonyms of gaunt

suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease

a gaunt patient suffering from the side effects of treatment

Synonyms of gaunt

cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, skeletal, wasted

Words Related to gaunt

bony (also boney), lank, lanky, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, sinewy, skinny, spare, thin

starved, underfed, undernourished

famished, hungry, starving

shriveled (or shrivelled), withered, wizened

Near Antonyms of gaunt

beefy, brawny, burly, fit, hale, healthy, hearty, husky

chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, heavyset, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, stocky, thickset, tubby