gaunt
/ɡɔnt/
adjective
- Very thin and bony, especially from hunger, illness, or age.
- After weeks without food, the stray dog looked gaunt and weak.
- Her face was gaunt, with dark circles under her eyes from lack of sleep.
- The gaunt figure of the old man shuffled slowly down the street.
- (of a place or thing) Bleak, bare, and uninviting in appearance.
- The gaunt landscape of the desert stretched for miles with no sign of life.
- They walked through the gaunt, empty halls of the old castle.
- The abandoned factory stood gaunt against the gray sky.