SCRAWNINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrawniness mean? 

• SCRAWNINESS (noun)
  The noun SCRAWNINESS has 2 senses:

1. the bodily property of lacking flesh

2. the property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality

  Familiarity information: SCRAWNINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRAWNINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The bodily property of lacking flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

scrawniness; skinniness

Hypernyms ("scrawniness" is a kind of...):

leanness; spareness; thinness (the property of having little body fat)

Derivation:

scrawny (being very thin)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

scrawniness; scrubbiness

Context example:

the scrawniness of sickly trees

Hypernyms ("scrawniness" is a kind of...):

inferiority; low quality (an inferior quality)

Derivation:

scrawny (inferior in size or quality)