Associations to the word «Scrawny»

Wiktionary

SCRAWNY, adjective. Thin, malnourished and weak.

Dictionary definition

SCRAWNY, adjective. Being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck".
SCRAWNY, adjective. Inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees".

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.