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    SCRAWNY

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    Irregular inflected forms: scrawnier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, scrawniest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: scrawnier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: scrawniest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Being very thinplay

    Example:

    pale bony hands

    Synonyms:

    boney; bony; scraggly; scraggy; scrawny; skinny; underweight; weedy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)

    Derivation:

    scrawniness (the bodily property of lacking flesh)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Inferior in size or qualityplay

    Example:

    old stunted thorn trees

    Synonyms:

    scrawny; scrubby; stunted

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    inferior (of low or inferior quality)

    Derivation:

    scrawniness (the property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality)

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