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мършав — meaning in English

marshav

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English meaning

  • carrion noun The decaying flesh of a dead animal.
  • emaciated adjective Extremely thin and weak, usually from starvation or serious illness.
  • gaunt adj Unhealthily thin, especially with a hollow, drawn look from hunger, illness, or exhaustion.
  • lean verb To bend or tilt away from an upright position, or to rest against something for support.
  • meagre adj Poor or lacking in amount, quality, or extent; barely enough.
  • scraggy adj Rough and irregular; jagged.
  • scrawny adj Unattractively thin, often to the point of looking undernourished.
  • skinny adj Very thin, often used with a slightly negative or critical tone.
  • spare adjective Extra; kept in reserve in case it is needed.

Senses

мършав is used for these senses in English:

  • carrion Very thin; emaciated, skeletonlike.
  • emaciated Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
  • gaunt Angular, bony, and lean.
  • hidebound (of a domestic animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; emaciated.
  • lean (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
  • scraggy Lean or thin, scrawny.
  • scrawny Thin, malnourished, and weak.
  • skinny (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).

carrion — full definition

  1. noun The decaying flesh of a dead animal.
  2. adj Relating to or consisting of dead, rotting flesh.

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