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very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold in English:

1. gaunt gaunt


She looked gaunt and exhausted.
He left the hospital looking tired and gaunt = thin and bony
The gaunt policeman had a bolt-action rifle slung over one shoulder.

English word "very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold"(gaunt) occurs in sets:

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2. cadaverous cadaverous


look at his hollow, cadaverous cheaks
I was shocked by his cadaverous /kəˈdæv.ər.əs/ face and skeleton-like body.