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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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SCRAWNY definition: 1. unpleasantly thin, often with bones showing: 2. unpleasantly thin, often with bones showing…. Learn more.
scrawny: [adjective] exceptionally thin and slight or meager in body or size.
Scrawny definition: excessively thin; lean; scraggy. See examples of SCRAWNY used in a sentence.
SCRAWNY meaning: 1. unpleasantly thin, often with bones showing: 2. unpleasantly thin, often with bones showing…. Learn more.
scrawny: 1 adj being very thin “a long scrawny neck” Synonyms: boney , scraggy , skinny , underweight , weedy lean , thin lacking excess flesh adj inferior in size or quality “ scrawny cattle” Synonyms: scrubby , stunted inferior of low or inferior quality
2 meanings: 1. very thin and bony; scraggy 2. meagre or stunted.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of scrawny adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define scrawny. scrawny synonyms, scrawny pronunciation, scrawny translation, English dictionary definition of scrawny. 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" .
Scrawny definition: Very thin and bony. Origin of Scrawny Alteration of dialectal scranny possibly of Scandinavian origin Norwegian skran lean. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition Perhaps from Old Norse skrælna (“to be shrivelled" ).. From Wiktionary
scrawny definition: too thin: . Learn more. {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{#message}}
