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Meanings of scrawny in English
Synonyms
Examples for "stunted"
Examples for "stunted"
1
But when I try to speak, the words come out choked, stunted.
2
It's still a stunted bank with a lot of problems, Hendler said.
3
People with stunted psychological development don't understand how to conduct healthy relationships.
4
My fashion sense is somewhat stunted, but I still had to wonder.
5
The queerly stunted trees dotted the sloping sides of this great desert.
1
To the east another flat-topped range; country between also scrubby; apparently open.
2
The country in general scrubby, with occasional reaches of open forest land.
3
They had come to an area of scrubby brush on stilt roots.
4
The country was thinly wooded in some places and scrubby at others.
5
At four miles got to the rise, which is a scrubby sand-hill.
Usage of scrawny in English
1
Mary took Billy's scrawny shoulders in her hand, saying, Come on, sweetie.
2
My arms seemed particularly scrawny hanging out from beneath the short sleeves.
3
Plenty of these scrawny infants may be seen in the lying-in hospitals.
4
The picture will capture the moment forever, he shrugged his scrawny shoulders.
5
The long scrawny throat worked convulsively, the hands gripped each other savagely.
6
Is that too long a name for a scrawny thing like you?
7
He did not look surprised, though his scrawny shoulders drooped even further.
8
I wonder if it nests in one of the scrawny ridgeline junipers.
9
Kissing in the park where that scrawny policeman came and scolded us.
10
Her cheeks sagged and her chin dropped almost to her scrawny chest.
11
The boyfriend would work out nicely because he was kind of scrawny.
12
Next to the armor, a scrawny, beak-nosed corporal stood at attention, saluting.
13
In ounce-for-ounce comparison, mammals and reptiles are scrawny weaklings next to birds.
14
Tiny, childlike chins completed the head, running down to a scrawny neck.
15
So I followed the rumour trail, one scrawny kobold to the next.
16
I begin to look as Cousin Hetty does, with that scrawny neck.
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Scrawny through the time
Scrawny across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common