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单词 scrawniness
释义

scrawny

adjective

scraw·​ny ˈskrȯ-nē How to pronounce scrawny (audio)
scrawnier; scrawniest
: exceptionally thin and slight or meager in body or size
scrawny scrub cattle
scrawniness noun

Example Sentences

The only plants in their yard were a couple of scrawny bushes.
Recent Examples on the Web The paratroopers lined up the recruits — mostly older men with beer bellies, or scrawny teens — and cajoled the Iraqis through a battery of jumping jacks, push-ups, and crunches. Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2022 Learn more about the largest animal in the world below, along with its scrawny counterpart — the smallest animal in the world. Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2022 Every bite sent delicious bolts of grease sizzling around my scrawny body. Tim Neville, Outside Online, 21 July 2022 This is next in a series profiling prospects the Spurs might target with their bevy of first-round picks: Twenty-six years ago, the Phoenix Suns used their first-round pick to select a scrawny point guard from Santa Clara. Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News, 18 June 2022 One of them was Helene Weiss, then a scrawny 8-year-old whom Ms. Geulen took to a farm owned by a Catholic family, using the pretense that Helene, too, was Catholic but needed fresh air and country life to regain her health. New York Times, 7 June 2022 One of them was Helene Weiss, then a scrawny 8-year-old whom Ms. Geulen took to a farm owned by a Catholic family, using the pretense that Helene, too, was Catholic but needed fresh air and country life to regain her health. New York Times, 7 June 2022 One of them was Helene Weiss, then a scrawny 8-year-old whom Ms. Geulen took to a farm owned by a Catholic family, using the pretense that Helene, too, was Catholic but needed fresh air and country life to regain her health. Joseph Berger, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2022 The picture of the then-scrawny quarterback has repeatedly made the rounds on social media over the years amid chatter about Brady, who would go on to become arguably the greatest player in his position of all time. Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 14 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

scrawny

adjective

scraw·​ny ˈskrȯ-nē How to pronounce scrawny (audio)
scrawnier; scrawniest
: poorly nourished : skinny
a scrawny cat

scrawniness

noun

as in weediness

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • weediness
  • gauntness
  • skinniness
  • trimness
  • reediness
  • fitness
  • slimness
  • leanness
  • slenderness
  • svelteness
  • thinness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • fat
  • obesity
  • weight
  • fatness
  • portliness
  • rotundity
  • plumpness
  • grossness
  • corpulence
  • corpulency
  • adiposity
  • chubbiness
  • fattiness
  • pursiness
  • embonpoint
  • fleshiness
  • pudginess
  • bulkiness
  • heaviness
  • stoutness
  • huskiness
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