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BNC: 24581 COCA: 16827

scrawny

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scrawny /ˈskrɑːni/ adjective
scrawnier; scrawniest
scrawny
/ˈskrɑːni/
adjective
scrawnier; scrawniest
Learner's definition of SCRAWNY
[also more scrawny; most scrawny]
: very thin in a way that is not attractive or healthy干瘦的;皮包骨的
BNC: 24581 COCA: 16827

scrawny

adjective

scraw·​ny ˈskrȯ-nē How to pronounce scrawny (audio)
scrawnier; scrawniest
: exceptionally thin and slight or meager in body or size
scrawny scrub cattle
scrawniness noun
Choose the Right Synonym for scrawny

lean, spare, lank, lanky, gaunt, rawboned, scrawny, skinny mean thin because of an absence of excess flesh.

lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours.

a lean racehorse

spare suggests leanness from abstemious living or constant exercise.

the gymnast's spare figure

lank implies tallness as well as leanness.

the lank legs of the heron

lanky suggests awkwardness and loose-jointedness as well as thinness.

a lanky youth, all arms and legs

gaunt implies marked thinness or emaciation as from overwork or suffering.

a prisoner's gaunt face

rawboned suggests a large ungainly build without implying undernourishment.

a rawboned farmer

scrawny and skinny imply an extreme leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality.

a scrawny chicken
skinny street urchins

Example Sentences

The only plants in their yard were a couple of scrawny bushes.
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Word History

Etymology

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First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of scrawny was in 1833
BNC: 24581 COCA: 16827

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