All 5 Uses of
gaunt
in
David Copperfield
- He was a gaunt, sallow young man, with hollow cheeks, and a chin almost as black as Mr. Murdstone's; but there the likeness ended, for his whiskers were shaved off, and his hair, instead of being glossy, was rusty and dry.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- Her thinness seemed to be the effect of some wasting fire within her, which found a vent in her gaunt eyes.†
Chpt 19-21
- I could have wished he had been less obliged to me, for he hovered about me in his gratitude all the rest of the evening; and whenever I said a word to Agnes, was sure, with his shadowless eyes and cadaverous face, to be looking gauntly down upon us from behind.†
Chpt 25-27
- So surely as I looked towards her, did I see that eager visage, with its gaunt black eyes and searching brow, intent on mine; or passing suddenly from mine to Steerforth's; or comprehending both of us at once.†
Chpt 28-30
- 'Give Betsey Trotwood's love to Blossom, when you come back; and whatever you do, Trot, never dream of setting Betsey up as a scarecrow, for if I ever saw her in the glass, she's quite grim enough and gaunt enough in her private capacity!'†
Chpt 43-45
Definition:
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(gaunt) very thin and bony -- often from hunger or as though having been worn to the bone