1 (of a person) very thin, usually because of illness, hunger or worry:
a gaunt face * She looked gaunt and exhausted.
2 (of a building) not attractive and without any decoration:
the gaunt ruin of Pendragon Castle
gauntness noun [U]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is gaunt a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, gaunt is tagged as adjective.
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