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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.
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.
Definition of scrawny adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Synonyms for SCRAWNY: skinny, thin, slender, wiry, lean, bony, gaunt, rawboned; Antonyms of SCRAWNY: stocky, bulky, fleshy, beefy, thick, heavy, stout, chunky
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