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1. (adj.) scrawny
excessively thin; lean.
Etymology: (1825–35, Amer.; var. of dial. scranny < Norw skran lean + -y1)
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1. (adj) scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy
being very thin
"a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
2. (adj) scrawny, scrubby, stunted
inferior in size or quality
"scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"
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1. (adjective) scrawny
small, thin and looking unhealthy
a scrawny kitten
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1. (adj) scrawny
meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny
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Sense: thin, bony and wrinkled
a scrawny neck.
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 Afrikaans: maer, benerig |
 Arabic: هَزيل |
 Bulgarian: мършав |
 Brazilian: descarnado |
 Czech: vychrtlý |
 German: mager |
 Danish: afpillet |
 Greek: κοκαλιάρης, καχεκτικός |
 Spanish: flaco, escuálido |
 Estonian: kuivetu, luider |
 Farsi: لاغر و استخواني |
 Finnish: luiseva |
 French: décharné |
 Hebrew: כָּחוּש |
 Hindi: दुबला-पतला |
 Croatian: mršav, koštunjav |
 Hungarian: vézna |
 Indonesian: kurus kering |
 Icelandic: horaður, beinaber og hruk |
 Italian: scheletrico |
 Japanese: やせた |
 Korean: 말라빠진 |
 Lithuanian: liesas, sudžiūvęs, perkar |
 Latvian: kaulains; krunkains |
 Malay: kurus kering |
 Dutch: broodmager |
 Norwegian: radmager, skranglet |
 Polish: kościsty, chudy |
 Persian: لاغر و استخواني |
 Pashto: لاغر |
 Portuguese: descarnado |
 Romanian: descărnat |
 Russian: костлявый, тощий |
 Slovak: vycivený, vychudnutý |
 Slovenian: koščen |
 Serbian: koščat |
 Swedish: mager, tanig, skinntorr |
 Thai: ผอมกะหร่อง |
 Turkish: zayıf, sıska |
 Taiwanese: 骨瘦如柴的 |
 Ukrainian: худорлявий, кістлявий |
 Urdu: دبلا سوکھا، مریل |
 Vietnamese: gầy giơ xương |
 Chinese: 骨瘦如柴的 |
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