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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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(of a person’s or animal’s body) very thin because not fed enough, so that you can see the shape of the bones under the skin: The store had only a few scrawny chickens left. (Definition of scrawny from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of scrawny. scrawny.
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.
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.
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.
If you describe a person or animal as scrawny, you mean that they look unattractive because they are so thin.
Definition of scrawny adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
