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English adjective: scrawny

1. scrawny being very thin


SamplesA child with skinny freckled legs.
A long scrawny neck.


Synonymsboney, scraggy, skinny, underweight, weedy


Similarlean, thin


Antonymsfat

2. scrawny inferior in size or quality


SamplesScrawny cattle.
Scrubby cut-over pine.
Old stunted thorn trees.


Synonymsscrubby, stunted


Similarinferior


Antonymssuperior









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