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scrawny

[ skraw-nee ]

adjective

scrawnier, scrawniest.
  1. excessively thin; lean; scraggy:

    a long, scrawny neck.

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scrawny

/ ˈ²õ°ì°ùɔ˲Ôɪ /

adjective

  1. very thin and bony; scraggy
  2. meagre or stunted

    scrawny vegetation

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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³¦°ù²¹·É²Ô¾±±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ²õ³¦°ù²¹·É²Ô¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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  • ²õ³¦°ù²¹·É²Ôi·±ô²â adverb
  • ²õ³¦°ù²¹·É²Ôi·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scrawny1

1825–35, Americanism; variant of dial. scranny < Norwegian skran lean + -y 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scrawny1

C19: variant of dialect scranny; see scrannel
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Example Sentences

More than two years later, video showed the scrawny teen calling out for his mother as five officers piled onto him.

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An explanation for the condition came near the end of World War II, when René Spitz, an Austrian psychoanalyst, observed that infants in a Mexican orphanage tended to be listless, scrawny and slow to develop.

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Was it open wide enough for a scrawny seven-year-old to fit through?

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Outweighed by more than 30 pounds, the scrawny, gritty Harrelson got the worst of it.

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So at first, scrawny, eccentric Dante is just the nice, colorfully attired classmate who teaches Ari how to swim at the community pool, in between laughs, popsicles and teasing conversations about how Mexican they feel.

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