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scrawny

Definition

  • adjective: very thin in a way that is not attractive or healthy
  • adjective: exceptionally thin and slight or meager in body or size
  • synonyms: lenten, spartan, abstemious

Examples

  • The only plants in their yard were a couple of 'scrawny' bushes.

  • a 'scrawny' [='skinny'] kid

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) than twenty English knights. -I thought you were taken. -I was. How'd you escape? Traitor! I'll wring your scrawny neck! Get in there! Nobody escapes the Sheriff unless he's lining his pockets. Where's my son?! I'll have your hide! (..)
    1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves