adj., -ni·er, -ni·est.

Gaunt and bony. See synonyms at lean².

[Alteration of dialectal scranny, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian skran, lean.]

scrawniness scraw'ni·ness n.

adjective

Having little flesh or fat on the body: angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean², meager, rawboned, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See fat/thin.

adj

Definition: unhealthily thin
Antonyms: chubby, fat, healthy, plump

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: having unattractive thinness
  Synonyms: scraggy, skinny, underweight, weedy

Meaning #2: inferior in size or quality
  Synonyms: scrubby, stunted

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tynd, radmager, splejset

Nederlands (Dutch)
iel, schriel

Français (French)
adj. - décharné, maigre

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mager, dürr

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κοκαλιάρης/-ικος

Italiano (Italian)
esile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - magricela

Русский (Russian)
тощий, сухопарый, костлявый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - delgaducho, flaco

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mager, tanig, bentorr

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
瘦的, 骨瘦如柴的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 瘦的, 骨瘦如柴的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 야윈, 앙상한, 키가 작은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - やせた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مهزول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רזה, צנום, גל-עצמות‬

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