as in skinny
very thin in a way that is not attractive or healthy
He changed from a scrawny kid to a brawny teen in just over a year. The only plants in their yard were a couple of scrawny bushes.
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Recent Examples of scrawny
This encounter would play better if Clayton were more of a scrawny, Matty Healy type and not someone who is both younger and bigger than Joe.
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Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
And there’s almost no one in town who wouldn’t take that offering, except this scrawny dude.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
As the Ratliff's scrawny, shy Lochlan, Nivola navigates some stormy waters, especially his character's disquieting relationships with siblings Saxon and Piper.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The stray was scrawny, short-haired, and had a scratched and scarred nose.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
And there’s almost no one in town who wouldn’t take that offering, except this scrawny dude.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
As the Ratliff's scrawny, shy Lochlan, Nivola navigates some stormy waters, especially his character's disquieting relationships with siblings Saxon and Piper.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The stray was scrawny, short-haired, and had a scratched and scarred nose.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawny
Adjective
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Right where the mural would be painted are two skinny wall panels between a set of balconies with a metal wall jutting out on the right.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
12 July 2025
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In 2025, the bandage dress is experiencing a resurgence alongside the rise of a new skinny culture, fueled by the popularity of Ozempic and similar GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, as well as social media trends such as SkinnyTok — a diet culture that is widespread on TikTok.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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The Series 10 is also thinner, lighter, easier to wear, and charges faster than previous models.—
Adrienne So,
Wired News,
12 July 2025
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Often, the first real cracks appear in prime borrowers who were stretched thin, quietly falling behind while headlines focus on everything else.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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As Artaserse, Kim’s performance took some time to ripen on Friday, his voice sometimes vanishingly slender and lagging behind the orchestra in his first aria to Semira.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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Here again, binoculars will prove most beneficial in helping to find not only Pollux and Castor, but this exceedingly slender lunar sliver.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
24 June 2025
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“Scrawny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawny. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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