(of a person 人 very thin, usually because of illness, not having enough food, or worry （常因疾病、饑餓或憂慮而）瘦削憔悴的 a gaunt face 憔悴的面容 She looked gaunt and exhausted. 她看上去憔悴而疲憊。 The lean face had grown gaunt, the cheeks hollowed. 瘦臉變得憔悴，臉頰凹陷。 her rather gaunt features 她相當憔悴的面容
(of a building 建築物 not attractive and without any decoration 寒碜的；破敗的 the gaunt ruin of Pendragon Castle 潘德雷肯城堡荒涼的廢墟
Word Originlate Middle English: of unknown origin.