Can't think of the right word

I'm so annoyed by this and I'm so desperate that I'm going to ask it here. Not so long ago i read the perfect word to describe the face of a person who he lost quite some weight and didn't look very healthy... but now I cannot recall it any more and I have been trying to find it in the book again but with no success. The only word I can think of is hollow... though it's not what I am looking for!

Can someone help me? I'll send you virtual cookies and hugs!

 

emaciated?

 

Ooh it wasn't that word... though it might serve as well.

 

gaunt?

 

ooh yes! Hero! Now I feel stupid for forgetting it -_-'

 

It happens to me all the time. Usually I recall the word just as I'm ready to nod off to sleep.

 

cachexic, esp when specifically referring to emaciation due to disease.

 

Hahaha that could be very annoying I think Sometimes I don't know a word in Dutch (1st language) but I know what it is in English... very annoying.

It hasn't anything to do with disease, thanks anyway for extending my vocabulary

 

No prob
Dutch is awesome. I love vowels. And stroopwafel.