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1 gaunt
adjectivehager; (from suffering) verhärmt; karg [Landschaft]* * *[ɡo:nt]- academic.ru/30598/gauntness">gauntness* * *[gɔ:nt, AM gɑ:nt]a \gaunt face ein hageres Gesicht2. (desolate) öde, karg* * *[gɔːnt]adj* * *1. a) hagerb) ausgemergelt, ausgezehrt2. verlassen (Gebäude), (Gegend auch) öde, (Baum etc) kahl* * *adjectivehager; (from suffering) verhärmt; karg [Landschaft]* * *adj.hager adj.mager adj. -
2 gaunt
1) ( thin) hager, dünn;( too thin) abgemagert, dürr;( from illness) ausgemergelt;a \gaunt face ein hageres Gesicht2) ( desolate) öde, karg -
3 gauntlet
gaunt·let [ʼgɔ:ntlət, Am ʼgɑ:nt-] nPHRASES:to run the \gauntlet Spießruten laufen; -
4 gauntness
gaunt·ness [ʼgɔ:ntnəs, Am ʼgɑ:nt-] n -
5 cadaverous
ca·da·ver·ous[kəˈdævərəs]adj (pale) totenbleich, aschgrau; (thin) ausgemergelt, ausgezehrt; (about to die) vom Tode gezeichnet* * *[k\@'dvərəs]adj(= corpse-like) Kadaver-, Leichen-; (= gaunt) ausgezehrt, ausgemergelt; (= pale) leichenblass* * *cadaverous adj (adv cadaverously)1. → academic.ru/10103/cadaveric">cadaveric2. a) leichenblassb) ab-, ausgezehrt* * *adj.leichenhaft adj. -
6 gauntlet
I nounStulpenhandschuh, derII nounfling or throw down the gauntlet — (fig.) jemandem den Fehdehandschuh hinwerfen
* * *gaunt·let[ˈgɔ:ntlət, AM ˈgɑ:nt-]▶ to run the \gauntlet Spießruten laufen* * *I ['gɔːntlɪt]n1) (of armour) Panzerhandschuh mIIto throw down/pick up or take up the gauntlet (fig) — den Fehdehandschuh hinwerfen/aufnehmen
nto ( have to) run the gauntlet of sth — einer Sache (dat) ausgesetzt sein
* * *gauntlet1 [ˈɡɔːntlıt; US auch ˈɡɑːnt-] s1. MIL, HIST Panzerhandschuh m2. fig Fehdehandschuh m:fling ( oder throw) down the gauntlet (to sb) (jemandem) den Fehdehandschuh hinwerfen, (jemanden) herausfordern;3. Schutzhandschuh mgauntlet2 [ˈɡɔːntlıt; US auch ˈɡɑːnt-] s:run the gauntlet Spießruten laufen (a. fig);* * *I nounStulpenhandschuh, derII nounfling or throw down the gauntlet — (fig.) jemandem den Fehdehandschuh hinwerfen
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7 gauntness
* * *gaunt·ness[ˈgɔ:ntnəs, AM ˈgɑ:nt-]* * *['gɔːntnɪs]n* * *1. a) Hagerkeit fb) Ausgezehrtheit f2. Öde f, Kahlheit f* * *n.Dünnheit -en f.
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Gaunt — is a adjective that describes a living thing as being bony, thin and/or sickly. It may be used to describe a barren deserted place. Gaunt may also refer to:People with the name Gaunt* Dan Gaunt, a young Welsh darts prodigy tipped as the new Phil… … Wikipedia
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gaunt — gaunt·let·ed; gaunt·ly; gaunt·ness; gaunt; gaunt·let; gaunt·let·ted; … English syllables
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gaunt — [ gɔnt ] adjective very thin, usually because you are sick, tired, or worried: His face was pale and gaunt. ╾ gaunt|ness noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gaunt — [gônt, gänt] adj. [ME gawnte, earlier gant, slender, thin, gaunt < ?] 1. thin and bony; hollow eyed and haggard, as from great hunger or age; emaciated 2. looking grim, forbidding, or desolate gauntly adv. gauntness n … English World dictionary
Gaunt — Gaunt, veralteter englischer Name für Gent … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
gaunt — mid 15c. (as a surname from mid 13c.), from M.Fr. gant, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (Cf. O.N. gand a thin stick, also a tall thin man ) and somehow connected with the root of gander. Connection also has been suggested… … Etymology dictionary
gaunt — rawboned, angular, lank, lanky, *lean, spare, scrawny, skinny Analogous words: cadaverous, wasted, *haggard, worn: *thin, slim, slender, slight Contrasted words: portly, plump, *fleshy, fat, stout, corpulent, obese, rotund, chubby … New Dictionary of Synonyms