Scrawny, puny.
The connotation is what you think of when you hear that word. For 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 attractive and positive.
Yes, puny is a connotation, and it is a negative connotation because it gives off a negative effect and makes you think negatively. :)
Not scrawny
I think she's scrawny.
The animal was very scrawny, due to the owner not feeding it. The scrawny tree was not suitable for climbing.
Scrawny describes a noun, so it is an adjective.
since the heroines are scrawny and cool they want to be scrawny to be cool.
Scrawny means very thin; skinny and bony. TO BE THIN
The chickens he bought were scrawny from the lack of good feed. The athletes picked on the scrawny bookworm, at least until his father was hired as the football coach.
AnswerConnotation is a noun for an idea or a feeling that a word evokes over and above its literal meaning; the abstract meaning or intention of a word or phrase.The connotation is what you think of when you hear that word. For 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. Thin has the more positive connotation. Scrawny sounds malnourished and perhaps unkempt, but thin sounds attractive and positive.Denotation:Snake - "any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and found in most tropical and temperate regions."Connotation:Snake - evil or dangerous.
skinnythin