scrawniness


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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 lean 2.
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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. scrawniness - the bodily property of lacking flesh
leanness, spareness, thinness - the property of having little body fat
2. scrawniness - the property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality; "the scrawniness of sickly trees"
low quality, inferiority - an inferior quality
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Translations
هُزال، ضَعْف شَديد
vyzáblost
afpillethed
cingárság
e-r sem er horaîur
sıskalıkzayıflık

scrawny

(ˈskroːni) adjective
thin, bony and wrinkled. a scrawny neck. maer, benerig هَزيل мършав descarnado vychrtlý mager afpillet κοκαλιάρης, καχεκτικός flaco, escuálido kuivetu, luider لاغر و استخواني luiseva décharné כחוש दुबला-पतला mršav, koštunjav vézna kurus kering horaður, beinaber og hrukkóttur scheletrico やせた 말라빠진 liesas, sudžiūvęs, perkaręs kaulains; krunkains kurus kering broodmager radmager, skranglet kościsty, chudy لاغر descarnado descărnat костлявый, тощий vycivený, vychudnutý koščen koščat mager, tanig, skinntorr ผอมกะหร่อง zayıf, sıska 骨瘦如柴的 худорлявий, кістлявий دبلا سوکھا، مریل gầy giơ xương 骨瘦如柴的
ˈscrawniness noun
benerigheid هُزال، ضَعْف شَديد измършавялост magreza vyzáblost die Magerkeit afpillethed καχεκτικότητα delgadez kõhetus لاغري luisevuus caractère décharné כחוש दुबलापन, पतलापन mršavost cingárság kekurusan e-r sem er horaður magrezza やせて 말라빠짐 liesumas kaulainums; krunkainums kekurusan magerheid radmagerhet wymizerowanie لاغری magreza descărnare костлявость vychudnutosť koščenost koščatost tanighet, skinntorrhet ความผอม sıskalık, zayıflık 骨瘦如柴 худорлявість دبلاپا sự gầy gò 骨瘦如柴
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References in classic literature ?
But this last offer had been accompanied by a sneer, and had tokened the old rascal's scorn of the girl's scrawniness. Failing to connect with the missionary brig, the Western Cross, on which she would not have been eaten, Captain Van Horn had been compelled to keep her in the cramped quarters of the Arangi against a problematical future time when he would be able to turn her over to the missionaries.
I spotted two elderly women of surprising scrawniness coming my way.
Tick's scrawniness seemed new, or temporary, his t-shirt sized for breadth he used to work at.
I started lifting weights in jail and went from 130lbs of scrawniness to 170lbs of muscle that year."