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gaunt adj

Angular, bony, and lean. Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard. (figurative) Of a place or thing: bleak, desolate. (rare) Greedy; also, hungry, ravenous. (obsolete) With a positive or neutral connotation: not overweight; lean, slender, slim. (figurative) Of a sound: suggesting bleakness and desolation.

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