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malnourished

English

Adjective

malnourished (comparative more malnourished, superlative most malnourished)

  1. suffering from malnutrition

Synonyms

  • underfed
  • undernourished

Antonyms

  • well-fed

Related terms

  • malnutrition

Translations

Verb

malnourished

  1. simple past tense and past participle of malnourish

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scrawny

English

Alternative forms

  • scranny (dialectal)

Etymology

A variant of dialectal scranny (thin; lean; scraggy; poor; scanty; of inferior quality), perhaps from Old Norse skran (rubbish; junk) +? -y. Compare English scrannel (lean; meager; poor; worthless).

Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse skrælna (to be shrivelled).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?skr??ni/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?skr?ni/
  • Rhymes: -??ni

Adjective

scrawny (comparative scrawnier, superlative scrawniest)

  1. Thin, malnourished and weak.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Related terms

  • scran

Translations

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