scrawny

scraw·ny

 (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.

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

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scraw′ni·ness n.

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scrawny

(ˈskrɔːnɪ)

adj, scrawnier or scrawniest

1. very thin and bony; scraggy

2. meagre or stunted: scrawny vegetation.

[C19: variant of dialect scranny; see scrannel]

ˈscrawnily adv

ˈscrawniness n

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scrawn•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.

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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) a scrawny woman with dyed black hair

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scrawny

adjective

Having 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.

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Translations

هَزيل

vychrtlý

mager

laihaluiseva

décharné

horaîur, beinaber og hrukkóttur

magropelle ed ossasnello

kaulainskrunkains

radmagerskranglettynn

sıskazayıf

骨瘦如柴的

scrawny

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

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scrawny

[ˈskrɔːni] adj → décharné(e)

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scrawny

adj (+er) → dürr

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scrawny

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

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scrawny

(ˈskroːni) adjective

thin, bony and wrinkled. a scrawny neck. maer, benerig هَزيل мършав descarnado vychrtlý mager afpillet κοκαλιάρης, καχεκτικόςflaco, escuálido kuivetu, luider لاغر و استخواني luiseva décharnéכחוש दुबला-पतला mršav, koštunjav vézna kurus kering horaður, beinaber og hrukkóttur scheletrico やせた 말라빠진 liesas, sudžiūvęs, perkaręs kaulains; krunkains kurus kering broodmagerradmager, skranglet kościsty, chudy لاغر 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

ˈscrawniness noun

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

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