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escuálido — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • 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.
  • squalid adj Extremely dirty, neglected, and unpleasant, especially describing living conditions.

Senses

escuálido is used for these senses in English:

  • scraggy Lean or thin, scrawny.
  • scrawny Thin, malnourished, and weak.
  • squalid Extremely dirty and unpleasant.

meagre — full definition

  1. adj Poor or lacking in amount, quality, or extent; barely enough.
  2. noun A large silvery fish found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic, prized in some cuisines.

scraggy — full definition

  1. adj Rough and irregular; jagged.
  2. adj Lean or thin, scrawny.

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