scrawnier; scrawniest
: exceptionally thin and slight or meager in body or size
scrawny scrub cattle
scrawniness
noun
Examples of scrawny in a Sentence
The only plants in their yard were a couple of scrawny bushes.
Recent Examples on the Web
The cabdriver—a scrawny older man—drives rapidly and erratically, cutting off other vehicles, muttering imprecations in an unfamiliar language under his breath, swerving in and out of lanes, blowing his horn to force laggard drivers to let him by.
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Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
More than two years later, video showed the scrawny teen calling out for his mother as five officers piled onto him.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
The fighter, a scrawny guy whose swagger looks put-on, hides his face in a monkey mask.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
While Linda is deciding which scrawny tree to pick at the nearly empty tree lot, Louise (Kristen Schaal) goes over her plan to trap Santa later that night.
—EW.com, 27 Nov. 2023
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Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
More than two years later, video showed the scrawny teen calling out for his mother as five officers piled onto him.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
The fighter, a scrawny guy whose swagger looks put-on, hides his face in a monkey mask.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
While Linda is deciding which scrawny tree to pick at the nearly empty tree lot, Louise (Kristen Schaal) goes over her plan to trap Santa later that night.
—EW.com, 27 Nov. 2023
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“Scrawny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrawny. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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