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What is the adjective for scrawniest?

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scrawny
  1. Thin, malnourished and weak.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. skinny, thin, gaunt, bony, lean, emaciated, angular, lanky, skeletal, scraggy, rangy, spindly, spare, gangling, slender, gangly, slim, lank, pinched, undernourished, rawboned, gawky, macilent, underweight, skin-and-bones, size-zero, raw-boned, spindle-shanked, thin as a rake, starved, anorexic, cadaverous, wasted, haggard, underfed, attenuated, twiggy, meager, skin and bones, reedy, meagre, lithe, weedy, beanpole, anorectic, stringy, beanstalk, wizened, shriveled, shrivelled … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He wrenched him around and grasped his scrawny neck in a dangerously tight headlock.”
      “They were scrawny but muscly trashy types, like my in-and-out, in-and-out of prison psycho cousin.”
      “I growled and turned to strangle his scrawny neck, but I quickly remembered I was pinned against the wall.”
scrawnier
  1. comparative form of scrawny: more scrawny
  2. Synonyms:
      3. skinnier, thinner, gaunter, bonier, leaner, lankier, scraggier, rangier, spindlier, sparer, slenderer, ganglier, slimmer, lanker, gawkier, more emaciated, more angular, more skeletal, more gangling, more undernourished, more macilent, more underweight, more starved, more anorexic, more cadaverous, more wasted, more haggard, more underfed, more attenuated, twiggier, meagerer, reedier, meagrer, lither, weedier, more anorectic, stringier, more wizened, more shriveled, more shrivelled, punier, slighter, more spindling, taller, svelter, more withered, willowier, leggier, lighter, wirier … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The men pushed over some tasty fried quail, like chicken wings except scrawnier and more flavorful.”
      “These are big plays, with potentially far-reaching consequences for Britain's traditional channels and their traditionally scrawnier budgets.”
      “The child was paler than Ruth remembered and scrawnier than ever.”
scrawniest
  1. superlative form of scrawny: most scrawny
  2. Synonyms:
      3. skinniest, thinnest, gauntest, boniest, leanest, lankiest, scraggiest, rangiest, spindliest, sparest, slenderest, gangliest, slimmest, lankest, gawkiest, most emaciated, most angular, most skeletal, most gangling, most undernourished, most macilent, most underweight, most starved, most anorexic, most cadaverous, most wasted, most haggard, most underfed, most attenuated, twiggiest, meagerest, reediest, meagrest, lithest, weediest, most anorectic, stringiest, most wizened, most shriveled, most shrivelled, puniest, slightest, most spindling, tallest, sveltest, most withered, willowiest, leggiest, lightest, wiriest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Kharey Wise, by far the scrawniest of the group, happened to be the only one old enough to spend all his time in adult jail and prison.”
      “The scrawniest chimps are spared by hunters and then domesticated to be sold on.”
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