different between gaunt vs starved

English

Alternative forms

• gant (dialectal, Scotland)
• gent (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English gawnt, gawnte (“lean, slender”), from Old French [Term?], probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic source, related to Old Norse gandr (“magic staff, stick”), from Proto-Germanic *gandaz (“stick, staff”), from Proto-Indo-European *g??en- (“to beat, hit, drive”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: gônt, IPA^(key): /???nt/
• (some accents) enPR: gänt, IPA^(key): /???nt/
• Rhymes: -??nt, -??nt

Adjective

gaunt (comparative gaunter, superlative gauntest)

1. lean, angular, and bony
2. haggard, drawn, and emaciated
3. bleak, barren, and desolate

Synonyms

• scraggy, scrawny, skinny

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “gaunt”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Tunga, untag

Scots

Etymology

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Alternative forms

• gant

Verb

gaunt

1. To yawn.

Noun

gaunt (plural gaunts)

1. A yawn.

English

Adjective

starved (comparative more starved, superlative most starved)

1. Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
2. (by extension) Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.
3. (colloquial, hyperbolic, emphatic) Extremely hungry.

   I'm starved! I haven't eaten since breakfast.

Translations

Verb

starved

1. simple past tense and past participle of starve

Anagrams

• adverts, dravest