Thesaurus
:
scrawny
T
hesaurus
scrawny
English
Adjective
Sense: thin, malnourished and weak
Synonyms
angular
anorexic
carrion
(
obsolete
)
emaciated
gangling
gangly
gaunt
haggard
macilent
lank
lanky
leptosome
pencil-necked
puny
rangy
rawboned
reedy
scraggy
scrawny
skin and bones
skinny
starved
thin as a rake
undernourished
underweight
wasted
weedy
Antonyms
heavy
large
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obese
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overweight
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strapping
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Hyponyms
flat-chested
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]
Hypernyms
cadaverous
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physique
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thin
weak
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]
See also
Thesaurus:slender
Thesaurus:thin person
Further reading
“
203. narrowness
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
scrawny
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.