scrawny

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Norse skrælna (“to be shrivelled”)^[1].

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ɔːni

Adjective

scrawny (comparative scrawnier, superlative scrawniest)

Thin, malnourished and weak.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Translations

Thin, malnourished and weak

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Czech: vychrtlý m
Danish: mager
Dutch: mager (nl)
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Finnish: luiseva (fi), laiha (fi)
French: maigrichon(ne), famélique (fr)
German: dürr (de)
Greek: αχαμνός (el) (achamnós)

Hungarian: vézna (hu)
Italian: emaciato (it)
Norwegian: tynn (no), radmager, skrinn/skrant, skranglet
Polish: wychudzony (pl) m
Portuguese: magrelo, magricela (pt)
Russian: то́щий (ru) (tóščij), костля́вый (ru) (kostljávyj)
Serbo-Croatian: žgoljav (sh)
Spanish: enjuto (es), magro (es), escuálido
Swedish: mager (sv), tanig (sv), skranglig (sv), skraltig (sv), spinkig (sv)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can

References

↑ “scrawny” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

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