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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈskɹɔːni/ [UK], /ˈskɹɔni/ [US], /ˈskɹɑni/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-scrawny.ogg Forms: scrawnier [comparative], scrawniest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔːni Etymology: A variant of dialectal scranny (“thin; lean; scraggy; poor; scanty; of inferior quality”), perhaps from Old Norse skran (“rubbish; junk”) + -y. Compare Norwegian skran (“lean, thin, skinny”), English scrannel (“lean; meager; poor; worthless”). Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse skrælna (“to be shrivelled”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|skran|t=rubbish; junk}} Old Norse skran (“rubbish; junk”), {{suffix|en||y}} + -y, {{cog|no|skran|t=lean, thin, skinny}} Norwegian skran (“lean, thin, skinny”), {{cog|en|scrannel|t=lean; meager; poor; worthless}} English scrannel (“lean; meager; poor; worthless”), {{der|en|non|skrælna||to be shrivelled}} Old Norse skrælna (“to be shrivelled”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} scrawny (comparative scrawnier, superlative scrawniest)
  1. Thin, malnourished, and weak. Categories (topical): Body Hypernyms: cadaverous, physique, thin, weak Hyponyms: flat-chested Derived forms: scrawnily, scrawniness, scrawny drink of water Related terms: scran, slender, thin person Translations (thin, malnourished and weak): мършав (mǎršav) (Bulgarian), 瘦弱 (shòuruò) (Chinese Mandarin), 消瘦 (xiāoshòu) (Chinese Mandarin), vychrtlý (Czech), mager (Danish), mager (Dutch), ondervoed (Dutch), zwak (Dutch), luiseva (Finnish), hintelä (Finnish), hontelo (Finnish), famélique (French), maigrichon (French), dürr (German), abgemagert (German), αχαμνός (achamnós) (Greek), vézna (Hungarian), cingár (Hungarian), vékonydongájú (Hungarian), vékonypénzű (Hungarian), csontos (Hungarian), csontsovány (Hungarian), ványadt (Hungarian), nyiszlett (Hungarian), macilento (Italian), emaciato (Italian), 앙상하다 (angsanghada) (Korean), мр́шав (mŕšav) (Macedonian), сув (suv) (Macedonian), и́сушен (ísušen) (Macedonian), tynn (Norwegian), radmager (Norwegian), skrinn (Norwegian), skrant (Norwegian), skranglet (Norwegian), ضعیف (zaʼif) (Ottoman Turkish), wychudzony (Polish), magrelo (Portuguese), magricela (Portuguese), то́щий (tóščij) (Russian), костля́вый (kostljávyj) (Russian), žgoljav (Serbo-Croatian), enjuto (Spanish), magro (Spanish), escuálido (Spanish), escuchimizado (Spanish), esmirriado (Spanish), tirillas (Spanish), canijo (Spanish), enclenque (Spanish), endeble (Spanish), flacucho (Spanish), mager (Swedish), tanig (Swedish), skranglig (Swedish), skraltig (Swedish), spinkig (Swedish), cılız (Turkish), sıska (Turkish), худорлявий (xudorljavyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), кістлявий (kistljavyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 31: Assurances”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 498:",
          "text": "“Tell him, in these words, that I will have his scrawny bones before me now. Tell him, Byar, and bring him if you must arrest him and those filthy wretches who disgrace the Children. Go.”",
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          "word": "cadaverous"
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          "word": "physique"
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          "word": "slender"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
          "word": "thin person"
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          "word": "scranny"
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          "word": "angular"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
          "word": "anorexic"
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          "word": "carrion"
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          "word": "emaciated"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
          "word": "gangling"
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          "word": "gangly"
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          "word": "gaunt"
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          "word": "haggard"
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          "word": "macilent"
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          "word": "lank"
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          "word": "lanky"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
          "word": "leptosome"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
          "word": "pencil-necked"
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        {
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          "word": "puny"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
          "word": "rangy"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
          "word": "rawboned"
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        {
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          "word": "reedy"
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          "word": "scraggy"
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        {
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          "word": "skin and bones"
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          "word": "skinny"
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          "word": "starved"
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          "word": "thin as a rake"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mǎršav",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "мършав"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shòuruò",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "瘦弱"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "消瘦"
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          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "vychrtlý"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "mager"
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          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "mager"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "ondervoed"
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          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "zwak"
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          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "luiseva"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "hintelä"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "hontelo"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "famélique"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "maigrichon"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "dürr"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "abgemagert"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "achamnós",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "αχαμνός"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "vézna"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "cingár"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "vékonydongájú"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "vékonypénzű"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "csontos"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "csontsovány"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "ványadt"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "nyiszlett"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "macilento"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "emaciato"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "angsanghada",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "앙상하다"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "suv",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "сув"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ísušen",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "и́сушен"
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        {
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          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "tynn"
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        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "radmager"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "skrinn"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "skrant"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "skranglet"
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        {
          "code": "ota",
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          "roman": "zaʼif",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
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          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
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        {
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "magrelo"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "magricela"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "tóščij",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "то́щий"
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        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kostljávyj",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "костля́вый"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "žgoljav"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "enjuto"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "magro"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "escuálido"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "escuchimizado"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "esmirriado"
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        {
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "tirillas"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "canijo"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "enclenque"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "endeble"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "flacucho"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "mager"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "tanig"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "skranglig"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "skraltig"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
          "word": "spinkig"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
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          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "roman": "kistljavyj",
          "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈskɹɔni/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskɹɑni/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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}
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      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "heavy"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "large"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "obese"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "overweight"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "strapping"
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "",
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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
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        "superlative"
      ]
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      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "cadaverous"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "physique"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "thin"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "weak"
    }
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "flat-chested"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "slender"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "thin person"
    }
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        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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        "Rhymes:English/ɔːni",
        "Rhymes:English/ɔːni/2 syllables",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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          "ref": "1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 31: Assurances”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 498:",
          "text": "“Tell him, in these words, that I will have his scrawny bones before me now. Tell him, Byar, and bring him if you must arrest him and those filthy wretches who disgrace the Children. Go.”",
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        }
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          "weak"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈskɹɔːni/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskɹɔni/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskɹɑni/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
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      "audio": "en-us-scrawny.ogg",
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      "word": "scranny"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "angular"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "anorexic"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "carrion"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "emaciated"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "gangling"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "gangly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "gaunt"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "haggard"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "macilent"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "lank"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "lanky"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "leptosome"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "pencil-necked"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "puny"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "rangy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "rawboned"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "reedy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "scraggy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "scrawny"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "skin and bones"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "skinny"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "starved"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "thin as a rake"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "undernourished"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "underweight"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "wasted"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scrawny",
      "word": "weedy"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎršav",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "мършав"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shòuruò",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "瘦弱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāoshòu",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "消瘦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "vychrtlý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "mager"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "mager"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "ondervoed"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "zwak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "luiseva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "hintelä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "hontelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "famélique"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "maigrichon"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "dürr"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "abgemagert"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "achamnós",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "αχαμνός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "vézna"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "cingár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "vékonydongájú"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "vékonypénzű"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "csontos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "csontsovány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "ványadt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "nyiszlett"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "macilento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "emaciato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "angsanghada",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "앙상하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mŕšav",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "мр́шав"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "suv",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "сув"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ísušen",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "и́сушен"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "tynn"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "radmager"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "skrinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "skrant"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "skranglet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "zaʼif",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "ضعیف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "wychudzony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "magrelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "magricela"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tóščij",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "то́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kostljávyj",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "костля́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "žgoljav"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "enjuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "magro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "escuálido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "escuchimizado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "esmirriado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "tirillas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "canijo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "enclenque"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "endeble"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "flacucho"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "mager"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "tanig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "skranglig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "skraltig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "spinkig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "cılız"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "word": "sıska"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xudorljavyj",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "худорлявий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kistljavyj",
      "sense": "thin, malnourished and weak",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кістлявий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scrawny"
}

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