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Pronunciation / Transliteration: maigre
"Il avait le visage émacié et les traits tirés."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
Lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.
"The prolonged famine left the villagers with gaunt faces."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English 'gant', of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Old Scandinavian or Old French dialect words meaning slender or meager.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "gaunt" is said worldwide
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maigre
Transliteration: maigre
"Il avait le visage émacié et les traits tirés."
ausgezehrt
Transliteration: ausgezehrt
"Er kehrte nach wochenlanger Wanderschaft ausgezehrt zurück."
macilento
Transliteration: macilento
"Il suo volto era macilento dopo la malattia."
desniciado
Transliteration: desniciado
"Tenía un aspecto demacrado y demacrada."
macilento
Transliteration: macilento
"Ele parecia magro e macilento após o longo jejum."
दुबला-पतला
Transliteration: dubla-patla
"बीमारी के कारण उसका चेहरा दुबला-पतला हो गया था।"
憔悴的
Transliteration: qiáocuì de
"他经历了几个月的饥饿，显得十分憔悴。"
수척한
Transliteration: sucheokhan
"그는 오랜 병마로 인해 수척한 모습이었다."
やつれた
Transliteration: yatsureta
"彼は苦難の末にやつれた顔をしていた。"
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