scrawny
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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.
[Alteration of dialectal scranny, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian skran, lean.]
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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Adj. | 1. | scrawny - being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck" |
2. | scrawny - inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees" 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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Translations
هَزيل
vychrtlý
laihaluiseva
horaîur, beinaber og hrukkóttur
kaulainskrunkains
scrawny
[ˈskrɔːnɪ] ADJ (scrawnier (compar) (scrawniest (superl))) [neck, limb] → flaco; [animal] → escuálido, descarnadoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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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 invCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
scrawny
(ˈskroːni) adjective thin, bony and wrinkled. a scrawny neck.
ˈscrawniness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.