Antonyms for gauntness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gawnt

Phonetic Transcription : gɔnt

Definition of gauntness

Origin : mid-15c. (as a surname from mid-13c.), from Middle French gant, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse gand "a thin stick," also "a tall thin man") and somehow connected with the root of gander. Connection also has been suggested to Old French jaunet "yellowish" [Middle English Dictionary].

As in thinness : noun slimness
As in thinness : noun slenderness

Example sentences :

Then she noticed the gauntness of his bronzed face and how lean he was.
Extract from : « The Gold Trail » by Harold Bindloss

But his gauntness also made him look more like Pierre than ever before.
Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea

He was as tall as the pastor, and slender, but without the other's gauntness.
Extract from : « The Uncalled » by Paul Laurence Dunbar

All this, however, was as nothing compared with the gauntness and emaciation of the man.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" » by Harry Collingwood

He was surprised at the size of these timber wolves and at their gauntness.
Extract from : « On the Yukon Trail » by Roy J. Snell

He was large for a Frenchman, and his gauntness was compounded by an obvious lack of sleep.
Extract from : « Unbegotten Child » by Winston Marks

His gauntness was more pronounced than it ever had been before.
Extract from : « The Bondboy » by George W. (George Washington) Ogden

Gaga was in his sleeping-suit, spectral in his gauntness and his pallor.
Extract from : « Coquette » by Frank Swinnerton

His garments were ragged, and his gauntness showed through them.
Extract from : « Delilah of the Snows » by Harold Bindloss

Just now he was bronzed, spare, even inclining to gauntness.
Extract from : « Foe-Farrell » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Synonyms for gauntness

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