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scrawny

English

Alternative forms

  • scranny (dialectal)

Etymology

A variant of dialectal scranny (thin; lean; scraggy; poor; scanty; of inferior quality), perhaps from Old Norse skran (rubbish; junk) +? -y. Compare English scrannel (lean; meager; poor; worthless).

Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse skrælna (to be shrivelled).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?skr??ni/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?skr?ni/
  • Rhymes: -??ni

Adjective

scrawny (comparative scrawnier, superlative scrawniest)

  1. Thin, malnourished and weak.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Related terms

  • scran

Translations

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emaciated

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??me??ie?t?d/
  • (US) IPA(key): /??me?sie?t?d/

Adjective

emaciated (comparative more emaciated, superlative most emaciated)

  1. Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
    The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Translations

Verb

emaciated

  1. simple past tense and past participle of emaciate

Related terms

  • emaciate
  • emaciation

See also

  • gaunt

Anagrams

  • acetamide

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