scrawny en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈskɹɑni/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈskɹɔni/ (US)
- /ˈskɹɔːni/ (UK)
Etymology
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”). Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse skrælna (“to be shrivelled”).
Meanings
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Thin, malnourished, and weak.
“Tell him, in these words, that I will have his scrawny bones before me now. Tell him, Byar, and bring him if you must arrest him and those filthy wretches who disgrace the Children. Go.”
1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 31: Assurances”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 498:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scrawniest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| scrawnier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| scranny | alternative, dialectal | lexicographic |
Antonyms
heavy · obese · strapping · overweight · large
Deriveds
scrawny drink of water · scrawniness · scrawnily
Hypernyms
weak · thin · physique · cadaverous
Hyponyms
Relateds
thin person · slender · scran
Synonyms
emaciated · anorexic · gaunt · starved · puny · undernourished · scraggy · reedy · lanky · stringy · scrawny · pencil-necked · angular · carrion · gangling · skinny · haggard · thin as a rake · wasted · skin and bones · rangy · macilent · lank · rawboned · gangly · weedy · underweight · leptosome
Translations (65)
pt magricela (thin, malnourished and weak) · de abgemagert (thin, malnourished and weak) · es canijo (thin, malnourished and weak) · fr maigrichon (thin, malnourished and weak) · no tynn (thin, malnourished and weak) · tr sıska (thin, malnourished and weak) · id kerempeng (thin, malnourished and weak) · nl zwak (thin, malnourished and weak) · hu vézna (thin, malnourished and weak) · mk сув (thin, malnourished and weak) · cmn 消瘦 (thin, malnourished and weak) · mk и́сушен (thin, malnourished and weak) · fi hintelä (thin, malnourished and weak) · sv tanig (thin, malnourished and weak) · no radmager (thin, malnourished and weak) · sv skranglig (thin, malnourished and weak) · es magro (thin, malnourished and weak) · el αχαμνός (thin, malnourished and weak) · ru то́щий (thin, malnourished and weak) · uk кістлявий (thin, malnourished and weak) · ko 앙상하다 (thin, malnourished and weak) · fr famélique (thin, malnourished and weak) · fi luiseva (thin, malnourished and weak) · bg мършав (thin, malnourished and weak) · hu vékonypénzű (thin, malnourished and weak) · it macilento (thin, malnourished and weak) · es endeble (thin, malnourished and weak) · sv spinkig (thin, malnourished and weak) · ar نَحِيل (thin, malnourished and weak) · ar هَزِيل (thin, malnourished and weak) · sv mager (thin, malnourished and weak) · ru костля́вый (thin, malnourished and weak) · sh žgoljav (thin, malnourished and weak) · cs vychrtlý (thin, malnourished and weak) · ota ضعیف (thin, malnourished and weak) · es esmirriado (thin, malnourished and weak) · fi hontelo (thin, malnourished and weak) · es enclenque (thin, malnourished and weak) · sv skraltig (thin, malnourished and weak) · hu vékonydongájú (thin, malnourished and weak) · tr cılız (thin, malnourished and weak) · hu nyiszlett (thin, malnourished and weak) · hu csontsovány (thin, malnourished and weak) · uk худорлявий (thin, malnourished and weak) · no skranglet (thin, malnourished and weak) · hu cingár (thin, malnourished and weak) · hu csontos (thin, malnourished and weak) · es tirillas (thin, malnourished and weak) · es escuchimizado (thin, malnourished and weak) · nl mager (thin, malnourished and weak) · no skrinn (thin, malnourished and weak) · no skrant (thin, malnourished and weak) · es escuálido (thin, malnourished and weak) · it emaciato (thin, malnourished and weak) · hu ványadt (thin, malnourished and weak) · pt magrelo (thin, malnourished and weak) · da mager (thin, malnourished and weak) · nl ondervoed (thin, malnourished and weak) · mk мр́шав (thin, malnourished and weak) · es flacucho (thin, malnourished and weak) · cmn 瘦弱 (thin, malnourished and weak) · pl wychudzony (thin, malnourished and weak) · de dürr (thin, malnourished and weak) · es pishque (thin, malnourished and weak) · es enjuto (thin, malnourished and weak)