Associations to the word «Gaunt»
Noun
- Rough
- Northampton
- Weather
- Crown
- Holland
- Ill
- Skin
- Wild
- Richmond
- Smile
- Misery
- Chaos
- Of
- Sweat
- Trunk
- Sky
- Clarence
- Vii
- Gaze
- Despair
- Nephew
- Beast
- Throng
- Snow
- Ralph
- Dogs
- Trembling
- Rebecca
- Flake
- Glow
- Antwerp
- Dies
- Lordship
- Holt
- Maurice
- Reformer
- Ace
- Wife
- King
- Coventry
- Bristol
- Younger
- Presenter
- Nathan
- England
- Potter
- Grandfather
- Ancestor
- Prince
- Brittany
- Cousin
- Thrill
- Kathleen
- Vi
- Platoon
- Badge
- Marriage
- Armour
- Baron
- Trooper
- Ghost
- Palace
- Luxembourg
- Reign
- Great
- Gilbert
- Grandmother
- Succession
- William
- Protector
Adjective
Wiktionary
GAUNT, adjective. Lean, angular, and bony
GAUNT, adjective. Haggard, drawn, and emaciated
GAUNT, adjective. Bleak, barren, and desolate
Dictionary definition
GAUNT, adjective. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.