scrawnier
Even more underfed
Scrawnier is the comparative form of scrawny—thinner and bonier than something else.
Scrawny suggests unhealthy thinness, all angles and visible bones: He was even scrawnier than his brother.
The word often describes underfed animals or gangly adolescents who haven't filled out yet.
Abnormally wasted from hunger
- skeletalOf or like bones
- haggardExhausted in appearance
- wastedUsed without good result
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
bony · sunken · hollow · drawn · pinched · starved · withered · shriveled
Very thin, underweight
- thinSmall in diameter
- leanLacking fat; incline
- underweightBelow normal mass
- slimThin or meager
slender · slight · stringy · gangly · rangy · twiggy · reedy · willowy
Lacking power or force
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- feebleWeak and ineffective
- sicklyProne to poor health
puny · slight · wispy · insubstantial · vulnerable · enfeebled · infirm · underdeveloped
emaciated
Abnormally wasted from hunger
cadaverous · bony · sunken · hollow · drawn · pinched · starved · withered · shriveled · wizened
skinny
Very thin, underweight
- thinSmall in diameter
- leanLacking fat; incline
- underweightBelow normal mass
slim · slender · slight · stringy · gangly · rangy · twiggy · reedy · willowy · narrow
weak
Lacking power or force
sickly · puny · slight · wispy · insubstantial · vulnerable · enfeebled · infirm · underdeveloped · stunted