Associations to the word «Gaunt»
Noun
- Lancaster
- Chaucer
- Hollow
- Pale
- Langley
- Leland
- Beaufort
- Blanche
- Ghosts
- Castile
- Katherine
- Visage
- Crawley
- Silas
- Woodstock
- Constance
- Spectre
- Spare
- Lean
- Kay
- Cheek
- Skeleton
- Scarecrow
- Griffith
- Aquitaine
- Duke
- Genevieve
- Wilder
- Denis
- Famine
- Gloucester
- Hereford
- Looming
- Beard
- Neville
- Savoy
- Granddaughter
- Thinner
- John
- Hunger
- Duchess
- Edmund
- Rib
- Rag
- Mortimer
- Retainer
- Heiress
- Looking
- Edward
- Governess
- Desolation
- Complexion
- Face
- Staring
- Fiona
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
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.