Definitions for scrawny

scrawny scrawn·y

Spelling: [skraw-nee]
IPA: /ˈskrɔ ni/

Scrawny is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 154 anagrams from letters in scrawny (acnrswy).

Definitions for scrawny

adjective

  1. excessively thin; lean; scraggy:

Origin of scrawny

1825-35, Americanism; variant of dial. scranny Norwegian skran lean + -y1

Examples for scrawny

She was scrawny and flat-chested, but agile as a boy when occasion demanded.

"It would have a better chance for its life if it were lean and scrawny," said Mr. Morris.

I conceived a contempt for that shaven, scrawny skipper––I remember it well.

A few are recovering from eating disorders; their cheeks are hollow and their scrawny arms droop like slack rubber bands.

If scrawny little Tutankhamun can do it, a badass like Khufu could probably cause them to spontaneously combust.

There had been but the one scrawny horse before our arrival.

He was still achieving in school and sports, though less brilliantly than before, and was somewhat small and scrawny.

Debby Alden at twenty-five had been scrawny, hard-featured and severe.

They're double, you see, and don't look like the scrawny things you see in this country.

He grew up a scrawny kid with nagging allergy problems in a suburb of Stockholm.

Word Value for scrawny
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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