Definition of scrawny Scrawny

/skɹɔˈni/ - [skronee] - scrawn•y

We found 7 definitions of scrawny from 6 different sources.

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What does scrawny mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

scrawny, scrawnier, scrawniest

scrawny - inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"
  scrubby, stunted
  inferior of or characteristic of low rank or importance
scrawny - being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
  scraggy, boney, skinny, underweight, weedy
  lean, thin not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • scrawny (a.)
    Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • scrawny
    Very thin.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • scrawny
    skraw′ni, adj. wasted: raw-boned.—n. Scraw′niness. [Scranny.]

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  • scrawny, adjective.

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