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Synonyms and Antonyms
What is another word for scrawny?
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October 01, 2009 2:34AM
thin, lean, skinny, angular, gaunt, skeletal, bony, lanky, undernourished, skin-and-bones (informal) scraggy, rawboned, macilent (rare)
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example, some people think of how cute cats are and their first
cats, etc...some people hate cats, and that's what they think of
when they hear the word. Here's another example: thin and scrawny.
Which one has the more positive connotation? Thin. Scrawny sounds
like a malnourished and ugly thing to be, but thin sounds
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