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scrawn⋅y
[skraw-nee] 
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–adjective, scrawn⋅i⋅er, scrawn⋅i⋅est.
| excessively thin; lean; scraggy: a long, scrawny neck. |
Related forms:
scrawn⋅i⋅ly, adverb
scrawn⋅i⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
gaunt, emaciated.
gaunt, emaciated.
Antonyms:
fleshy, plump.
fleshy, plump.
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| scraw·ny (skrô'nē) adj. scraw·ni·er, scraw·ni·est Gaunt and bony. See Synonyms at lean2. [Alteration of dialectal scranny, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian skran, lean.] scraw'ni·ness n. |
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Scrawny
Scraw"ny\, a. [Cf. Scrannel.] Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : scrawny
Spanish:
flaco, escuálido,
German:
mager,
Japanese:
やせた
scrawny
1833, apparently a dialectal variant of scranny "lean, thin" (1820), which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from O.N. skrælna "to shrivel."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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