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scrawny
scraw·ny S0166600 (skrô′nē)adj. scraw·ni·er, scraw·ni·est 1. Very thin and bony: "It was the new fashion to be scrawny down to the bone, with gaunt cheeks and big staring eyes" (Mary Sharratt). See Synonyms at lean2.2. Stunted or straggly: scrawny pines.
[Alteration of dialectal scranny, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian skran, lean.]
scraw′ni·ness n.scrawny (ˈskrɔːnɪ) adj, scrawnier or scrawniest1. very thin and bony; scraggy2. meagre or stunted: scrawny vegetation. [C19: variant of dialect scranny; see scrannel] ˈscrawnily adv ˈscrawniness nscrawn•y (ˈskrɔ ni)
adj. scrawn•i•er, scrawn•i•est. excessively thin; lean. [1825–35, Amer.; variant of dial. scranny < Norwegian skran lean + -y1] scrawn′i•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | scrawny - being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"scraggy, skinny, underweight, weedy, boneylean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare | | 2. | scrawny - inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"stunted, scrubbyinferior - of low or inferior quality |
scrawnyadjective thin, lean, skinny, angular, gaunt, skeletal, bony, lanky, undernourished, skin-and-bones (informal), scraggy, rawboned, macilent (rare) a scrawny woman with dyed black hairscrawnyadjectiveHaving little flesh or fat on the body:angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, meager, rawboned, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy.Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail.Translationsscrawny (ˈskroːni) adjective thin, bony and wrinkled. a scrawny neck. 骨瘦如柴的 骨瘦如柴的ˈscrawniness noun 骨瘦如柴 骨瘦如柴scrawny
Synonyms for scrawnyadj thinSynonyms- thin
- lean
- skinny
- angular
- gaunt
- skeletal
- bony
- lanky
- undernourished
- skin-and-bones
- scraggy
- rawboned
- macilent
Synonyms for scrawnyadj having little flesh or fat on the bodySynonyms- angular
- bony
- fleshless
- gaunt
- lank
- lanky
- lean
- meager
- rawboned
- skinny
- slender
- slim
- spare
- thin
- twiggy
- weedy
Synonyms for scrawnyadj being very thinSynonyms- scraggy
- skinny
- underweight
- weedy
- boney
Related Wordsadj inferior in size or qualitySynonymsRelated Words |