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scrawny
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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
Adjective
[scrawnier, scrawniest] very thin and bony [dialect scranny]
scrawniness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.scrawnyscrawny - being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
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"
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)
Translations

scrawny [ˈskrɔːnɪ] adj [person, neck] → flaco
scrawny [ˈskrɔːnɪ] adjdécharné(e)
scrawny [ˈskrɔːnɪ] adjdürr
scrawny [ˈskrɔːnɪ] adjscarno/a, pelle e ossa inv

scrawny
adj scrawny [ˈskroːni]
thin, bony and wrinkled a scrawny neck.maer, benerigهَزيلмършавvychrtlýafpilletmagerκοκαλιάρης, καχεκτικόςflaco, escuálidokuivetu, luiderلاغر و استخوانيruipelodécharnéכָּחוּשदुबला-पतलाmršav, koštunjavvéznakurus keringhoraður, beinaber og hrukkótturscheletricoやせた수척한, 뼈만 앙상한liesas, sudžiūvęs, perkaręskaulains; krunkainskurus keringbroodmagerradmager, skrangletkościsty, chudydescarnadodescărnatкостлявый, тощийvycivený, vychudnutýkoščenkoščatmager, tanig, skinntorrผอมกะหร่องzayıf, sıska骨瘦如柴的худорлявий, кістлявийدبلا سوکھا، مریلgầy giơ xương
n ˈscrawniness
benerigheidهُزال، ضَعْف شَديدизмършавялостvyzáblostafpilletheddie Magerkeitκαχεκτικότηταdelgadezkõhetusلاغريluisevuuscaractère décharnéכָּחוּשदुबलापन, पतलापनmršavostcingárságkekurusane-r sem er horaðurmagrezzaやせて수척함liesumaskaulainums; krunkainumskekurusanmagerheidradmagerhetwymizerowaniemagrezadescărnareкостлявостьvychudnutosťkoščenostkoščatosttanighet, skinntorrhetความผอมsıskalık, zayıflık骨瘦如柴худорлявістьدبلاپاsự gầy gò

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