Synonyms of the word scrawny


SCRAWNYBONEY - INFERIOR - LEAN - SCRAGGY - SCRUBBY - SKINNY - STUNTED - THIN - UNDERWEIGHT - WEEDY

scrawny

  • adj. Thin, malnourished and weak.

boney

  • adj. Alternative spelling of bony.

inferior

  • adj. of lower quality.
  • adj. of lower rank.
  • adj. located below.
  • adj. (botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below…
  • adj. (botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
  • adj. (astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
  • adj. (astronomy) Below the horizon.
  • n. a person of lower stature to another.

lean

  • v. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
  • v. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to, toward, etc.
  • v. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on, upon, or against.
  • v. To hang outwards.
  • v. To press against.
  • n. (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
  • adj. (of a person or animal) slim; not fleshy.
  • adj. (of meat) having little fat.
  • adj. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
  • adj. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
  • adj. (printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed…
  • adj. efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean…
  • v. To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or…
  • v. To conceal.
  • n. (slang) A recreational drug based on codeine laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip-hop community…

scraggy

  • adj. Rough and irregular; jagged.
  • adj. Lean or thin, scrawny.

scrubby

  • adj. Covered with or consisting of scrub.
  • adj. Inferior in size or quality.

skinny

  • adj. (informal) Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.
  • adj. (informal, of food or beverages) Low-fat.
  • adj. Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
  • n. (colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
  • n. A state of nakedness; nudity.
  • n. (informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
  • n. A skinny being.

stunted

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of stunt.
  • adj. prevented from growing or developing.
  • adj. (medicine) Of a person: shorter than usual for their age.

thin

  • adj. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
  • adj. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
  • adj. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
  • adj. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
  • adj. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
  • adj. (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head…
  • adj. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
  • adj. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
  • n. (philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete…
  • n. Any food produced or served in thin slices.
  • v. (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
  • v. (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
  • v. To dilute.
  • v. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
  • adv. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

underweight

  • adj. Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
  • adj. Not too heavy for an intended purpose.
  • adj. (finance) Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.
  • n. The state or quality of being underweight.
  • v. (transitive) To underestimate the weight of.
  • v. (transitive) To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.

weedy

  • adj. (Britain) Small and weak; scraggy; ungainly.
  • adj. Of or relating to weeds; consisting of weeds.
  • adj. Abounding with weeds.
  • adj. (botany) Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically…

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