gauntness

as inthinness
as inthinness

Synonyms for gauntness

noun slimness

Antonyms for gauntness

Word Origin & History

mid-15c. (as a surname from mid-13c.), from Middle French gant, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse gand "a thin stick," also "a tall thin man") and somehow connected with the root of gander. Connection also has been suggested to Old French jaunet "yellowish" [Middle English Dictionary].

Example Sentences for gauntness

Then she noticed the gauntness of his bronzed face and how lean he was.

But his gauntness also made him look more like Pierre than ever before.

He was as tall as the pastor, and slender, but without the other's gauntness.

All this, however, was as nothing compared with the gauntness and emaciation of the man.

He was surprised at the size of these timber wolves and at their gauntness.

He was large for a Frenchman, and his gauntness was compounded by an obvious lack of sleep.

His gauntness was more pronounced than it ever had been before.

Gaga was in his sleeping-suit, spectral in his gauntness and his pallor.

His garments were ragged, and his gauntness showed through them.

Just now he was bronzed, spare, even inclining to gauntness.

gauntness

Synonyms for gauntness

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