Runty

Synonyms for "runty" (62 found)

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Closest matches (13)

couchant crouched debased depressed dumpy dwarf dwarfed dwarfish elfin flat incipientknee high

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (18)

knee-highknocked flatlaid lowlilliputian low low-built low-hung low-level low-leveled low-lying low-set low-statured meager midget nanoid neap

Adjective(2 words)

pint-size pint-sized

Related words (31)

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

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tom thumbundersize undersized unelevated wizened

Adjective(6 words)

puny sawed-off sawn-off shrimpy small undersized

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

1 entries

size descriptor

More specific

2 entries

puny scrawny

Collocations

6 entries

runty animalrunty appearancerunty calfrunty framerunty seedlingrunty stature

Inflections

2 entries

runtier runtiest

Derivations

3 entries

more runtymost runtyruntyness

similar

3 entries

little short small

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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