scrawny

scraw·ny  (skrôn)

adj. scraw·ni·er, scraw·ni·est

Gaunt and bony. See Synonyms at lean².

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

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scrawni·ness n.

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scrawny

Adjective

[scrawnier, scrawniest] very thin and bony [dialect scranny]

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

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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

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scrawny [ˈskrɔːnɪ] adj → décharné(e)

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scrawny [ˈskrɔːnɪ] adj → dürr

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scrawny [ˈskrɔːnɪ] adj → scarno/a, pelle e ossa inv