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gaunt:
- maigre comme un échalas; maigre comme un clou; maigre comme un coucou; amaigri; maigre jusqu'à l'os; creux; maigre; enfoncé
Wiktionary:
- gaunt → émacié, angulaire, maigre, étique
- gaunt → triste, décharné, décharnée, efflanqué, efflanquée, étique, grêle, famélique, hâve, nerveux, maigre, nerveuse, osseux, osseuse

English

Detailed Translations for gauntness from English to French

gauntness:

Translation Matrix for gauntness:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	boniness; bonyness; emaciation; maceration

Synonyms for "gauntness":

bonyness; boniness; emaciation; maceration; leanness; thinness; spareness

Related Definitions for "gauntness":

extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)¹

gaunt:

gaunt adj

gaunt (emaciated; starved; hollow; haggard; hollow-eyed; sunken)
maigre comme un échalas; maigre comme un clou; maigre comme un coucou
- maigre comme un échalas adj
- maigre comme un clou adj
- maigre comme un coucou adj
gaunt (bony; emaciated)
maigre comme un clou; amaigri; maigre jusqu'à l'os
- maigre comme un clou adj
- amaigri adj
- maigre jusqu'à l'os adj
gaunt (haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; sunken)
creux; maigre; enfoncé
- creux adj
- maigre adj
- enfoncé adj

Translation Matrix for gaunt:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
creux		cavity; channel groove; ditch; emptyness; groove; hole; hollow; hollowness; slit; trench
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	bony; cadaverous; emaciated; haggard; pinched; skeletal; wasted
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	emaciated; worn
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
amaigri	bony; emaciated; gaunt	attenuated
creux	gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; sunken	being unable to see; blind; deep; deep-seated; empty; hollow; idle; meaningless; profound
enfoncé	gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; sunken	deep; deep-seated; sunken
maigre	gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; sunken	bony; delicate; emaciated; fat-free; few; flimsy; lean; lightly built; lousy; low-fat; meager; meagre; miserable; parched; petite; poor; poverty stricken; puny; shabby; skinny; slender; slight; small-boned; spidery; spiky; thin; weedy
maigre comme un clou	bony; emaciated; gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; starved; sunken
maigre comme un coucou	emaciated; gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; starved; sunken
maigre comme un échalas	emaciated; gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; starved; sunken
maigre jusqu'à l'os	bony; emaciated; gaunt

Related Words for "gaunt":

gauntness, gaunter, gauntest, gauntly

Synonyms for "gaunt":

bony; cadaverous; emaciated; haggard; pinched; skeletal; wasted; thin; lean

Related Definitions for "gaunt":

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold¹
- a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys¹

Wiktionary Translations for gaunt:

gaunt

adjective

haggard, drawn and emaciated
- gaunt → émacié

gaunt

adjective

Qui a la forme d’un angle.
- angulaire → angular; gaunt
Traductions à trier
- maigre → scanty; scarce; few; poor; sparse; gaunt; skimpy
Qui est très amaigrir.
- émacié → emaciated; gaunt
Extrêmement maigre
- étique → gaunt

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• gaunt	→ triste	↔ droevig — verdriet hebbend
• gaunt	→ décharné; décharnée; efflanqué; efflanquée; étique; grêle; famélique; hâve; nerveux; maigre; nerveuse; osseux; osseuse	↔ hager — heute nur noch zur Beschreibung des menschlichen Körpers oder einzelner Körperteile, früher auch bei Tieren: dürr, mager, sehnig, knochig (und häufig groß gewachsen)

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