What is another word for scrawny?
313 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ skɹˈɔːni], [ skɹˈɔːni], [ s_k_ɹ_ˈɔː_n_i]
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Similar words for scrawny:
- emaciated (adjective)
- gaunt (adjective)
- haggard (adjective)
- hollow-eyed (adjective)
- lank (adjective)
- lanky (adjective)
- lean (adjective)
- meager (adjective)
- narrow (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- skinny (adjective)
- small (adjective)
- thin (adjective)
- underweight (adjective)
- wasted (adjective)
- lean (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Scrawny:
adj.
• emaciated (adjective)- more atrophied,
- most skeletonlike,
- most atrophied,
- more skin-and-bones,
- like a bag bones,
- more attenuated,
- more skeletonlike,
- most attenuate,
- most pinched,
- most skin-and-bones,
- more attenuate,
- most skin and bones,
- more pinched,
- most attenuated,
- like bag bones,
- like bag of bones,
- more starved,
- more skin and bones.
- forbidding,
- de solate,
- most skeleton,
- more skeleton,
- scraggier,
- peakiest,
- peakier,
- skin bones,
- de-solate.
- more fagged,
- worndown,
- most worn-down,
- more worn down,
- most worndown,
- wearied,
- most fretted,
- most fagged,
- more careworn,
- most worn down,
- more worn-down,
- more worndown,
- more fretted,
- most careworn.
- more beanstalk,
- stilt,
- more broomstick,
- most beanpole,
- stiltest,
- more extenuated,
- most extenuated,
- more beanpole,
- most broomstick,
- stilter,
- most beanstalk.
- in-adequate,
- most sylphlike,
- more sylphlike,
- un fruitful,
- in-fertile,
- un-productive,
- in adequate,
- stickest,
- more shadow,
- un-fruitful,
- most shadow,
- in fertile,
- un productive.
- thin,
- skin-and-bones,
- no fat,
- twiglike,
- poler,
- bony,
- rattleboned,
- malnourished,
- gaunt,
- sylphlike,
- peaky,
- skeletonlike,
- fagged,
- rawboned,
- skin and bones,
- reedy,
- worn-down,
- angular,
- spare,
- skinny,
- beanstalk,
- underweight,
- wasted,
- sticker,
- haggard,
- featherweight,
- lank,
- careworn,
- weedy,
- twiggy,
- broomstick,
- emaciated,
- undernourished,
- thin as rail,
- atrophied,
- scraggiest,
- skin-and-bone,
- hollow-eyed,
- like a bag of bones,
- like a rail,
- Stalky,
- worn down,
- lanky,
- scraggy.
- more skin and bone,
- under nourished,
- more malnourished,
- under-nourished,
- most skin and bone,
- more skin-and-bone,
- skin and bone,
- most skin-and-bone,
- like rail,
- most malnourished,
- most undernourished,
- more undernourished.
- smallish,
- nugatory,
- miniature,
- trifling,
- short,
- dwarfish,
- microscopic,
- miserly,
- small,
- wee,
- teeny-weeny,
- sparing,
- piddling,
- scanty,
- deficient,
- negligible,
- minimal,
- compact,
- picayune,
- stingy,
- beggarly,
- niggardly,
- pocket,
- little,
- bantam,
- minute,
- minor,
- slight,
- petite,
- modest,
- weeny,
- itty-bitty,
- toy,
- tiny,
- baby,
- scant,
- ungenerous,
- teeny,
- delicate,
- teensy,
- puny,
- diminutive,
- paltry.
n.
• lean (noun)- lean.
Other synonyms:
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- cadaverous,
- pinched,
- rangy,
- Fleshless,
- slightly built,
- gangling,
- gangly,
- gawky.
- flimsy,
- cheeseparing,
- Raw-boned,
- jagged,
- ill,
- starveling,
- sparse,
- fading away,
- lantern-jawed,
- infirm,
- thinner,
- tightfitting,
- fatless,
- abstemious,
- ascetic,
- half-starved,
- hollow-cheeked,
- svelte,
- spent,
- scrabbly,
- spartan,
- Languishing,
- skimpy,
- light,
- scrimp,
- jaggy,
- inferior,
- parsimonious,
- starved,
- shrunken,
- flat-chested,
- penny-pinching,
- jejune,
- limited,
- weak,
- thin person,
- near,
- meagre,
- feeble,
- scrubby,
- straitened,
- Stinted,
- unwell,
- austere,
- Scranny,
- sick,
- withered,
- wasting,
- stunted,
- drawn,
- underfed,
- ghastly,
- emaciate,
- watery,
- exiguous,
- weary,
- Lathy,
- Phthisic,
- bare-boned,
- Dwarfed,
- boney,
- frail,
- scrimpy,
- anorectic,
- wasting away,
- spidery,
- run-down,
- poor,
- frugal,
- undersized,
- hatchet-faced,
- flat,
- Macilent,
- ailing,
- Unnutritious,
- crippled,
- poorly,
- worn,
- starving,
- wiry,
- impoverished,
- wispy,
- subsistence,
- watered,
- shrivelled,
- spindly,
- close,
- consumptive,
- Spindling,
- exhausted,
- fragile,
- skimp,
- sickly,
- wizened,
- played out,
- mean,
- Toil-worn,
- starvation.
How to use "Scrawny" in context?
The word "scrawny" is defined as having a weak body build. This word is often used to describe people who are underweight or have a low body mass index (BMI). People who are scrawny often have a difficult time gaining muscle mass and developing a physique that is visually appealing. This adjective can be used to describe both men and women.
There are many reasons why a person might be scrawny. Some people have a genetic disposition to have a weak body build. Others may have difficulty accessing healthy foods or getting enough exercise.
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