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げっそり (gessori)

being disheartened, losing weight

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

げっそり (gessori) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “being disheartened, losing weight”.

Example sentences 3

彼女かのじょ、しばらく見みない間あいだにげっそりと痩やせちゃったけど、何なにか大おおきな病気びょうきでもしたのかな。

She's become very thin in the long time since I last saw her. I wonder if she's fallen seriously ill or something.

博士もひどい苦労をしているのか、髭をぼうぼうと生し、頬がげっそりとこけている。

机博士はゲッソリとやつれた顔で、椅子のなかにうまっている。

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