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How to pronounce scrawny in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms scrubby, stunted
Derivation scrawniness


scrawny cattle.
Type Words
Synonyms boney, bony, scraggly, scraggy, skinny, underweight, weedy
Derivation scrawniness


a long scrawny neck.

Examples of scrawny

scrawny
Most exciting of all, a young, scrawny bear is heading straight for the carcass.
From the guardian.co.uk
A once-scrawny recruit, he has added enough muscle to lead Texas in rushing too.
From the latimes.com
But as difficulty increased, coaches adopted a preference for scrawny teenagers.
From the economist.com
Nevertheless, you know that the wrong fashion choices will make you look scrawny.
From the online.wsj.com
You now sensationalise anything for the sake of selling your scrawny broadsheets.
From the sport.uk.msn.com
Nobody wants a puny, scrawny slice of meat on his burger, and I'm no exception.
From the al.com
The last animal to be auctioned off was a scrawny pup and the runt of the litter.
From the omaha.com
Now he tends to scrawny, tick-ridden cattle in Muslim-majority parts of Mindanao.
From the economist.com
Did you think I was gonna beat you with my scrawny arms and take a few bucks too?
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • Scraggy: being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
  • Inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"
  • Variations in the physical appearance of humans, known as human looks, are believed by anthropologists to be an important factor in the development of personality and social relations, in particular, physical attractiveness. ...
  • Thin, malnourished and weak