Runty

Synonyms for "runty" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

couchant crouched debased depressed dumpy dwarf dwarfed dwarfish elfin flat incipient knee high knee-high

Strong matches (18)

knocked flat laid low lilliputian low low-built low-hung low-level low-leveled low-lying low-set low-statured meager midget nanoid neap pint sized

Adjective(2 words)

pint-size pint-sized

Related words (30)

prone prostrate pygmy recumbent rudimental rudimentary scraggy scrubby short shrimpy shriveled shrunk shrunken squat squatty stooped stumpy stunt stunted sullen

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supine tom thumb undersize undersized unelevated wizened

Adjective(4 words)

puny sawed-off sawn-off shrimpy

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Synonyms

2 entries

pint sized shrimpy

derived

1 entries

runtiness

derived from

1 entries

runt

related to

3 entries

diminutive runt stunted

similar

3 entries

little short small

Translations

3 translations across 1 languages.

Finnish

3 entries

kitukasvuinen adj (having the characteristics of a runt)
kitulias adj (having the characteristics of a runt)
pienikokoinen adj (diminutive)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

From the light above us thin shadows flickered and a runty little image of the defiance in front of me fell on to the table. […] The little runt was still singed and groggy […]

Source: wiktionary

Only later did I discover that a runty old almond tree, hidden behind a laburnum, riddled with peach leaf curl, […]

Source: wiktionary

Nopcsa’s dinosaurs were not only runty, but primitive as well.

Source: wiktionary

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