Scrawny (Adjective)

Meaning ¹

Being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"; "pale bony hands".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Underweight
• Scraggy
• Scraggly
• Boney
• Weedy
• Bony
• Skinny

Related Words

• Scrawniness (noun)

Meaning ²

Inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Scrubby
• Stunted

Related Words

• Scrawniness (noun)