scrawny
The word “scrawny” has 2 syllables: scraw-ny
It's pronounced as /ˈskrɔːni/
What is synonym and antonym for scrawny?
In the thesaurus, “scrawny” has 45 synonyms and 39 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for scrawny along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for scrawny
- angular
- anorectic
- anoretic
- anorexic
- boney
- bony
- cadaverous
- clean-limbed
- emaciated
- fatless
- gaunt
- haggard
- lank
- lanky
- lean
- lithe
- meager
- meagre
- pinched
- puny
- rangy
- rawboned
- reedy
- scraggy
- sinewy
- skeletal
- skinny
- slender
- slight
- slim
- spare
- spindling
- spindly
- stringy
- svelte
- sylphlike
- thin
- trim
- twiggy
- waspish
- wasted
- weedy
- willowy
- wiry
- wizened
Antonyms for scrawny
- beefy
- brawny
- bulky
- burly
- buxom
- chubby
- chunky
- corpulent
- dumpy
- fat
- flabby
- fleshy
- full
- gross
- heavy
- heavyset
- hippy
- husky
- obese
- overweight
- paunchy
- plump
- portly
- potbellied
- pudgy
- roly-poly
- rotund
- round
- soft
- squat
- stocky
- stout
- stubby
- thick
- thickset
- tubby
- weighty
- zaftig
- zoftig
Meanings of scrawny
- adjective
- Thin, malnourished and weak.
Example Sentences
- The scrawny cat struggled to catch the larger mice.
- He looked scrawny after being sick for several weeks.
- The scrawny tree barely survived the harsh winter.
- Despite his scrawny frame, he was surprisingly strong.
- The scrawny puppy needed extra food to gain weight.
On this page you'll find 84 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to scrawny, such as: angular, anorectic, anoretic, anorexic, beefy, boney, bony.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
cadaverous
- anemic
- ashen
- ashy
- bag of bones
- blanched
- bloodless
- boney
- bony
- consumptive
- dead
- deathlike
- deathly
- doughy
- emaciated
- exsanguinous
- famished
- gaunt
- ghastly
- ghostly
- haggard
- hungry
- lank
- lanky
- livid
- lurid
- mealy
- pale
- paled
- pallid
- pasty
- peaked
- peaky
- rawboned
- sallow
- sallowish
- scraggy
- scrawny
- shadowy
- shriveled
- shrivelled
- sick
- sickly
- sinewy
- skeletal
- skeletonlike
- skin and bones
- skinny
- spare
- spectral
- starved
- starving
- thin
- underfed
- undernourished
- untanned
- wan
- wasted
- waxen
- waxy
- whey-faced
- white
- white-faced
- whitened
- withered
- wizened
haggard
- ashen
- boney
- bony
- cadaverous
- careworn
- drawn
- emaciated
- exhausted
- faded
- fagged
- famished
- fatigued
- fretted
- gaunt
- ghastly
- hungry
- lank
- lanky
- lean
- pale
- pallid
- pinched
- rawboned
- scraggy
- scrawny
- shriveled
- shrivelled
- shrunken
- sinewy
- skeletal
- skinny
- spare
- starved
- starving
- thin
- tired
- underfed
- undernourished
- wan
- wasted
- weak
- wearied
- withered
- wizened
- worn-down
- wrinkled
ectomorphic
fagged
- all in
- annoyed
- ashen
- asleep
- attacked
- banged away
- beat
- been around
- blah
- bleary
- blown
- bone-tired
- bored
- bowed low
- broke
- broken-down
- burned out
- burnt out
- bushed
- bust
- busted
- careworn
- collapsing
- consumed
- cool
- dead
- dead tired
- debilitated
- dejected
- depleted
- depressed
- did in
- did up
- disarmed
- disbursed
- discontented
- disgusted
- dissipated
- distressed
- dog-tired
- done
- done for
- done in
- done it all
- down the drain
- drained
- drawn
- drooping
- droopy
- drove
- drowned
- drowsy
- drudged
- dug in
- dulled
- effete
- eked out
- emaciated
- empty
- endeavored
- enervated
- enfeebled
- essayed
- exasperated
- exercised
- exerted
- exhausted
- expended
- faded
- faint
- far-gone
- fatigued
- fed up
- finished
- flagging
- frazzled
- fretted
- gaunt
- ghastly
- grubbed
- had it
- haggard
- harassed
- humped
- hustled
- immobilized
- impatient
- incapacitated
- inconsolable
- indifferent
- irked
- irritated
- jaded
- killed
- knocked out
- knocked over
- knuckled down
- labored
- lank
- lean
- limp
- lost
- moiled
- narcoleptic
- obedient
- on last leg
- out of gas
- outwore
- overcome
- overexerted
- overtaxed
- overworked
- pale
- pallid
- paralyzed
- petered out
- pinched
- pitched in
- played-out
- plodded
- plowed
- plugged
- pooped
- prostrate
- prostrated
- punchy
- put out
- ready to drop
- run down
- sapped
- sated
- satiated
- scrabbled
- scraggy
- scratched
- scrawny
- shattered
- shot
- shrunken
- sick and tired
- sick of
- skinny
- slaved
- sleepy
- slogged
- spare
- spent
- stale
- starved
- strained
- strived
- strove
- struggled
- surfeited
- sweat
- sweat blood
- sweated
- sweated blood
- taxed
- thin
- thrown away
- tired
- tired-out
- toiled
- travailed
- tried
- trudged
- tuckered
- tuckered out
- tugged
- up to here
- used
- used-up
- waded
- wan
- washed out
- washed-out
- washed-up
- wasted
- weak
- weakened
- wearied
- weary
- wiped-out
- wore
- wore out
- wore to a frazzle
- worked
- worn
- worn-down
- worn-out
- wrinkled
- wrought
- zonked