scrawny
adjective
[ ˈskrɔːni ]
• (of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony.
• "he had a scrawny physique and a protuberant Adam's apple"
Similar:
skinny,
thin,
thin as a rake,
skin-and-bones,
gaunt,
bony,
size-zero,
angular,
gawky,
scraggy,
rangy,
raw-boned,
skeletal,
emaciated,
pinched,
lean,
slim,
slender,
lanky,
spindly,
gangly,
gangling,
spindle-shanked,
Origin:
mid 19th century: variant of dialect scranny ; compare with archaic scrannel ‘weak, feeble’ (referring to sound).
