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gaunt
Pronunciation: (gônt), [key]—
adj., -er, -est.
1. extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
2. bleak, desolate, or grim, as places or things:
a gaunt, windswept landscape. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.