gauntness
/ˈɡɔntnəs/
noun
- The state or quality of being extremely thin and bony, often from hunger, illness, or age.
- His gauntness was a clear sign of his long illness.
- The artist captured the gauntness of the famine victims in his sketches.
- The gauntness of the refugees shocked the aid workers.
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