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- Dictionaryscrawny/ˈskrɔːni/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony: "he had a scrawny physique and a protuberant Adam's apple"
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unpleasantly thin, often with bones showing: He came home after three months at college looking terribly scrawny. Synonym. underweight. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. having less flesh on the body than average. thin She's on a diet but I think she's already too thin. skinny You should eat more. You're much too skinny.
The meaning of SCRAWNY is exceptionally thin and slight or meager in body or size. How to use scrawny in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Scrawny.
Scrawny definition: excessively thin; lean; scraggy. See examples of SCRAWNY used in a sentence.
unpleasantly thin, often with bones showing: He came home after three months in the dorms looking terribly scrawny. Synonym. underweight. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. having less flesh on the body than average. thin She's on a diet but I think she's already too thin. skinny You should eat more. You're much too skinny.
The adjective scrawny can describe a small, underweight body but it can also describe anything that's not very big or well-made — a scrawny tree that never gets any taller or fuller or a scrawny audience that disappoints the band because they were expecting a sold-out concert.
If you describe a person or animal as scrawny, you mean that they look unattractive because they are so thin.
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 lean 2. 2. Stunted or straggly: scrawny pines. [Alteration of dialectal scranny, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian skran, lean .] scraw′ni·ness n.
Definition of scrawny adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Stunted or scrubby. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: stunted. scrubby. underweight. boney. scraggy. weedy. skinny. lean. (colloq.) angular. thin. gaunt. bony. meager. lanky. Antonyms: chubby. healthy.
Jun 2, 2024 · scrawny (comparative scrawnier, superlative scrawniest) Thin, malnourished, and weak.
