[syn: puny, runty, shrimpy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Runty \Runt"y\, a.
Like a runt; diminutive; mean.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
runty
adj 1: well below average height [syn: pint-size, pint-
sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off]
2: (used especially of persons) of inferior size [syn: puny,
runty, shrimpy]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "runty":
Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, couchant, crouched, debased, depressed,
dumpy, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, elfin, flat, incipient, knee-high,
knocked flat, laid low, low, low-built, low-hung, low-level,
low-leveled, low-lying, low-set, low-statured, meager, midget,
nanoid, neap, prone, pygmy, recumbent, rudimental, rudimentary,
scraggy, scrubby, short, shriveled, shrunk, shrunken, squat,
squatty, stooped, stumpy, stunt, stunted, supine, undersize,
undersized, unelevated, wizened