What is the meaning of Gaunt?

Angular, bony, and lean.

Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.

1. Of a place or thing: bleak, desolate.
2. Greedy; also, hungry, ravenous.

Of a place or thing: bleak, desolate.

Greedy; also, hungry, ravenous.

2. With a positive or neutral connotation: not overweight; lean, slender, slim.

   With a positive or neutral connotation: not overweight; lean, slender, slim.

   Of a sound: suggesting bleakness and desolation.

   alternative spelling of gant

   alternative spelling of gant

   Source: wiktionary.org