запуснат adj (of a place or thing: bleak, desolate — see also bleak, desolate)
измъчен adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)
изтощен adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)
костелив adj (angular, bony, and lean)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

瘦削 adj (angular, bony, and lean)

Czech

4 entries

bezútěšný adj (of a place or thing: bleak, desolate — see also bleak, desolate)
hubený adj (angular, bony, and lean)
kost a kůže adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)
nehostinný adj (of a place or thing: bleak, desolate — see also bleak, desolate)

Dutch

1 entries

mager adj (angular, bony, and lean)

Finnish

4 entries

jylhä adj (of a place or thing: bleak, desolate — see also bleak, desolate)
karu adj (of a place or thing: bleak, desolate — see also bleak, desolate)
luiseva adj (angular, bony, and lean)
luiseva adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)

French

4 entries

anguleux adj (angular, bony, and lean)
maigre adj (angular, bony, and lean)
osseux adj (angular, bony, and lean)
émacié adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)

Georgian

4 entries

ბნელი adj (of a place or thing: bleak, desolate — see also bleak, desolate)
გამხდარი adj (angular, bony, and lean)
გასავათებული adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)
მჭლე adj (angular, bony, and lean)

German

4 entries

abgemagert adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)
ausgemergelt adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)
dünn adj (angular, bony, and lean)
hager adj (angular, bony, and lean)

Italian

4 entries

allampanato adj (angular, bony, and lean)
emaciato adj (angular, bony, and lean)
macilento adj (angular, bony, and lean)
ossuto adj (angular, bony, and lean)

Japanese

2 entries

げっそりやせた adj (angular, bony, and lean)
荒涼とした adj (of a place or thing: bleak, desolate — see also bleak, desolate)

Korean

2 entries

황량한 adj (of a place or thing: bleak, desolate — see also bleak, desolate)
황폐 한 adj (of a place or thing: bleak, desolate — see also bleak, desolate)

Latin

1 entries

macer adj (angular, bony, and lean)

Macedonian

1 entries

ковчест adj (angular, bony, and lean)

Māori

3 entries

pakoko adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)
pāhehaheha adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)
pāohe adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

ضعیف adj (angular, bony, and lean)
ضعیف adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

denn adj (angular, bony, and lean)

Polish

2 entries

szczupły adj (angular, bony, and lean)
wymizerowany adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)

Romanian

3 entries

ciolănos adj (angular, bony, and lean)
jigărit adj (angular, bony, and lean)
sfrijit adj (angular, bony, and lean)

Russian

4 entries

исхуда́вший adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)
исхуда́лый adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)
костля́вый adj (angular, bony, and lean)
сухопа́рый adj (angular, bony, and lean)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

ispìjen adj (angular, bony, and lean)
koščat adj (angular, bony, and lean)
suhònjav adj (angular, bony, and lean)
испѝјен adj (angular, bony, and lean)

Spanish

4 entries

chupado adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)
demacrado adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)
demacrado adj (of a place or thing: bleak, desolate — see also bleak, desolate)
enjuto adj (unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness — see also drawn, emaciated, haggard)

Welsh

1 entries

achul adj (angular, bony, and lean)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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The gaunt policeman had a bolt-action rifle slung over one shoulder.

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Mary had become so frail and gaunt that it seemed she already had one foot in the grave.

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I recoiled when I saw how gaunt she had become.

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The shattered oars start forth; / round swings the prow, and lets the waters sweep / the broadside. Onward comes a mountain heap / of billows, gaunt, abrupt.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.