Definitions for gaunt
gɔnt, gɑntgaunt

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wastedadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. gauntadjective

   lean, angular and bony

2. gauntadjective

   haggard, drawn and emaciated

3. gauntadjective

   bleak, barren and desolate

4. Etymology: Perhaps from a Scandinavian source, compare Old Norse gandr (Danish gand/gan, Norwegian bokmål gand)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GAUNTadjective

   Thin; slender; lean; meagre.

   Etymology: As if gewant, from gepanian, to lessen, Saxon.

   Oh, how that name befits my composition!
   Old Gaunt, indeed, and gaunt in being old:
   Within me grief hath kept a tedious fast;
   And who abstains from meat that is not gaunt?
   For sleeping England long time have I watch’d;
   Watching breeds leanness, leanness is all gaunt:
   The pleasure that some fathers feed upon,
   Is my strict fast; I mean my childrens looks;
   And therein fasting, thou hast made me gaunt:
   Gaunt am I for the grave, gaunt as a grave,
   Whose hollow womb inherits nought but bones. William Shakespeare, R. II.

   Two mastiffs, gaunt and grim, her flight pursu’d,
   And oft their fasten’d fangs in blood embru’d. John Dryden, Fables.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gauntadjective

   attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim

2. Etymology: [Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. gwan weak.]

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gaunt

   Gaunt was a pop punk band formed in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991. The original lineup formed from the ashes of the short-lived and punkadelic Black Juju, and consisted of guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Jerry Wick, bassist Eric Barth and drummer Jeff Regensburger. Jim Weber soon joined on second guitar only to leave just as quickly, and following his departure guitarist/songwriter Jovan Karcic joined. Barth and Regensburger would also later leave and be replaced by a series of successors including Bret Lewis and Brett Falcon on bass, and Nick Youngblood and Sam Brown on drums.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Gaunt

   gänt, adj. thin: of a pinched appearance: causing emaciation.—adv. Gaunt′ly.—n. Gaunt′ness. [Skeat compares Norw. gand, pointed stick, and Sw. prov. gank, a lean horse.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GAUNT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gaunt is ranked #11993 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gaunt surname appeared 2,604 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Gaunt.
   
   91.2% or 2,377 total occurrences were White.
   3.2% or 85 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.5% or 65 total occurrences were Black.
   1.7% or 45 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 17 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 15 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Anagrams for gaunt »

1. tunga

How to pronounce gaunt?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gaunt in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gaunt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of gaunt in a Sentence

1. Los Angeles:

   I saw a very gaunt, frail-looking child, who at that time to me looked like a 5-, 6- or 7-year-old boy.

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