thin, lean, skinny, angular, gaunt, skeletal, bony, lanky, undernourished, skin-and-bones (informal) scraggy, rawboned, macilent (rare)
The word "scrawny" is an adjective.
The word "scrawny" is an adjective.
Scrawny, puny.
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.
His scrawny arms were no match for the bodybuilder, and he quickly lost the arm wrestling match.
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.
I think she's scrawny.
Not 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.
Other words for thin... skinny slim dinky scrawny
since the heroines are scrawny and cool they want to be scrawny to be cool.