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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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unpleasantly thin, often with bones showing: He came home after three months at college looking terribly scrawny. Synonym. underweight. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. having less flesh on the body than average. thin She's on a diet but I think she's already too thin. skinny You should eat more. You're much too skinny.
The meaning of SCRAWNY is exceptionally thin and slight or meager in body or size. How to use scrawny in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Scrawny.
Scrawny definition: excessively thin; lean; scraggy. See examples of SCRAWNY used in a sentence.
Scrawny is an insulting way to describe someone who's very thin and weak. You might be surprised by how lifting weights transformed your scrawny teammate to a muscular athlete by the end of the season.
unpleasantly thin, often with bones showing: He came home after three months in the dorms looking terribly scrawny. Synonym. underweight. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. having less flesh on the body than average. thin She's on a diet but I think she's already too thin. skinny You should eat more. You're much too skinny.
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 lean 2. 2. Stunted or straggly: scrawny pines. [Alteration of dialectal scranny, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian skran, lean .] scraw′ni·ness n.
If you describe a person or animal as scrawny, you mean that they look unattractive because they are so thin.
Scrawny Definition. skrônē. scrawnier, scrawniest. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Adjective. Filter. adjective. scrawnier, scrawniest. Very thin; skinny and bony. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Stunted or scrubby. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: stunted. scrubby. underweight.
Definition of scrawny adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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