gaunt
adjective/ɡɔnt/
Frequency rank: #14,324 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Unusually thin and bony, especially due to illness or hardship.
Example sentence
After weeks of illness, his face looked gaunt and hollow.
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