ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the definition of gaunt?
A
comically ugly
B
one who hoards wealth
C
extremely thin
D
moral corruption
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -1. extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated. 2. bleak, desolate, or grim, as places or things. a gaunt, windswept landscape.

Detailed explanation-2: -: being thin and bony (as from hunger or suffering) : grim and forbidding : barren, desolate. gaunt, leafless trees.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gaunt. Of a person who looks lean and tired, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.

Detailed explanation-4: -boney, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy. being very thin. shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened.

Detailed explanation-5: -We are all gaunt and bony now, and have dark shadows around our eyes. He looks remote and gaunt, staring into the middle distance, seemingly lost in thought. An extremely gaunt, scary man is in the room who seemingly controls the teens, and also now has the boy at his side.

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