adjective · rare

scrawny

scrawny · scrawnier · scrawniest

худорлявий, кістлявий

тощий, костлявый

dürr, abgemagert

Thin, malnourished, and weakThin, malnourished, and weak.

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UK/ˈskɹɔːni/US/ˈskɹɔni/

» I know Tom was a scrawny kid.

Meaning

1 senses

Thin, malnourished, and weak.
dürr, abgemagert
то́щийtóščij, костля́выйkostljávyj
худорлявийxudorljavyj, кістлявийkistljavyj
being very thin

Examples

12 sentences

I know Tom was a scrawny kid.
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I know that Tom was a scrawny kid.
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I was a scrawny kid.
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Tom was a scrawny kid.
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Tom isn't a scrawny kid.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

thin, malnourished and weak:

Русский

By meaning 1

thin, malnourished and weak:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

thin, malnourished and weak:

Origin

A variant of dialectal scranny (“thin; lean; scraggy; poor; scanty; of inferior quality”),

A variant of dialectal scranny (“thin; lean; scraggy; poor; scanty; of inferior quality”), perhaps from Old Norse skran (“rubbish; junk”) + -y. Compare Norwegian skran (“lean, thin, skinny”), English scrannel (“lean; meager; poor; worthless”).

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