scrawny

  • 21scrawny — adjective (scrawnier, scrawniest) unattractively thin and bony. Derivatives scrawniness noun Origin C19: var. of dialect scranny; cf. archaic scrannel weak, feeble (referring to sound) …

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  • 22scrawny — a. (Colloq.) Thin, lank, meagre, scraggy, scranny, wasted, raw boned …

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  • 23scrawny — adj lean, thin, spare, scraggy, skinny, lank, lanky; reedy, spindly, stalky, spindle shanked; gaunt, drawn, emaciated, cadaverous; skeletal, bony, raw boned, skin and bones …

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  • 24scrawny — [ˈskrɔːni] adj very thin, in a way that is not attractive or healthy …

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  • 25scrawny — scrawn•y [[t]ˈskrɔ ni[/t]] adj. scrawn•i•er, scrawn•i•est excessively thin; lean • Etymology: 1825–35, amer.; var. of dial. scranny < Norw skran lean + y I scrawn′i•ness, n …

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  • 26scrawny — adj. (scrawnier, scrawniest) lean, scraggy. Derivatives: scrawniness n. Etymology: var. of dial. scranny: cf. archaic scrannel (of sound) weak, feeble …

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  • 28lean — vb *slant, slope, incline Analogous words: bend, *curve: *turn, deflect, divert, sheer lean adj Lean, spare, lank, lanky, gaunt, rawboned, angular, scrawny, skinny mean thin because of absence of super fluous flesh. Lean stresses the lack of fat… …

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  • 29scrawniness — noun 1. the bodily property of lacking flesh • Syn: ↑skinniness • Derivationally related forms: ↑scrawny, ↑skinny (for: ↑skinniness) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 30lean — I. verb (leaned; leaning) Etymology: Middle English lenen, from Old English hleonian; akin to Old High German hlinēn to lean, Greek klinein, Latin clinare Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to incline, deviate, or bend from a… …

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