Scrawny

ahd-5
  • adjective. Very thin and bony: synonym: lean.
  • adjective. Stunted or straggly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Meager; wasted; raw-boned; lean: as, a scrawny person; scrawny hens.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Thin, malnourished and weak.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. being very thin
  • adjective. inferior in size or quality
  • Word Usage
    "Governor Schwarzenegger saying he would help Barack Obama work on what he called his scrawny legs and also his skinny biceps as well."
    Equivalent
    inferior  lean  thin  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Connie  Lonnie  Shawnee  barany  brawny  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bearded  brawny  chubby  gaunt  gnarled  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant