scrawny (redirected from scrawniest)

scraw·ny  (skrôn)

adj. scraw·ni·er, scraw·ni·est

Gaunt and bony. See Synonyms at lean².

---

[Alteration of dialectal scranny, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian skran, lean.]

---

scrawni·ness n.

---

scrawny [ˈskrɔːnɪ]

adj scrawnier, scrawniest

1. very thin and bony; scraggy

2. meagre or stunted scrawny vegetation

[variant of dialect scranny; see scrannel]

scrawnily  adv

scrawniness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	scrawny - being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck" scraggy, skinny, underweight, weedy, boney lean, 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, scrubby inferior - of low or inferior quality

---

scrawny

adjective thin, lean, skinny, angular, gaunt, skeletal, bony, lanky, undernourished, skin-and-bones (informal), scraggy, rawboned, macilent (rare) a scrawny woman with dyed black hair

Translations

scrawny [ˈskrɔːnɪ] ADJ (scrawnier (compar) (scrawniest (superl))) [neck, limb] → flaco; [animal] → escuálido, descarnado

---

scrawny [ˈskrɔːni] adj → décharné(e)

---

scrawny

adj (+er) → dürr

---

scrawny [ˈskrɔːnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (neck, limb) → scheletrico/a; (animal, person) → pelle e ossa inv

---

scrawny [ˈskrɔːnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (neck, limb) → scheletrico/a; (animal, person) → pelle e ossa inv

---

scrawny

adj scrawny [ˈskroːni]

thin, bony and wrinkled a scrawny neck. maer, benerig هَزيل мършав vychrtlý afpillet mager κοκαλιάρης, καχεκτικός flaco, escuálido kuivetu, luider لاغر و استخواني ruipelo décharné כָּחוּש दुबला-पतला mršav, koštunjav vézna kurus kering horaður, beinaber og hrukkóttur scheletrico やせた 말라빠진 liesas, sudžiūvęs, perkaręs kaulains; krunkains kurus kering broodmager radmager, skranglet kościsty, chudy descarnado descărnat костлявый, тощий vycivený, vychudnutý koščen koščat mager, tanig, skinntorr ผอมกะหร่อง zayıf, sıska 骨瘦如柴的 худорлявий, кістлявий دبلا سوکھا، مریل gầy giơ xương 骨瘦如柴的

n scrawniness

benerigheid هُزال، ضَعْف شَديد измършавялост vyzáblost afpillethed die Magerkeit καχεκτικότητα delgadez kõhetus لاغري luisevuus caractère décharné כָּחוּש दुबलापन, पतलापन mršavost cingárság kekurusan e-r sem er horaður magrezza やせて 수척함 liesumas kaulainums; krunkainums kekurusan magerheid radmagerhet wymizerowanie magreza descărnare костлявость vychudnutosť koščenost koščatost tanighet, skinntorrhet ความผอม sıskalık, zayıflık 骨瘦如柴 худорлявість دبلاپا sự gầy gò 骨瘦如柴