The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - gaunt adj.

1) emaciated, scrawny, raw-boned, bony, angular, haggard, skeletal, wasted, starved-looking, cadaverous, scraggy, spindly, meagre, hollow-cheeked, spare, skinny, lank(y) , pinched, thin, underweight: We were shocked by the gaunt faces of the famine victims. 2) dreary, dismal, bleak, bare, barren, deserted, desolate, harsh, hostile, unfriendly, inimical, stern, forbidding, stark, grim, forlorn: Under the low cloud, the moor looked even more gaunt than usual.