brawny
/bɹɔːni/US/bɹɔni/
brawny adjective: characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
Adjective
brawny (comparative brawnier, superlative brawniest)
- Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
- Rattler was a big, brawny fellow, and he stepped up in front of me, rolling up his sleeves.
- As he stood on one side, for a minute or so, unbuttoning his waist-coat and breeches, her fat, brawny thighs hung down1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
- Calloused; hardened.
brawny meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
brawny in Marathi
- characterized by brawn
- धट्टाकट्टा dhaṭṭākaṭṭā, धष्टपुष्ट dhaṣṭapuṣṭa, धिप्पाड dhippāḍ
brawny in Urdu
- brawny
- بلوان balvān
brawny in Malayalam
- muscular, strong, muscly
- ഉറച്ച മാംസപേശികളുള്ള, തടിമിടുക്കുള്ള, ശക്തനായ, തടിമിടുക്കും ചങ്കൂറ്റവുമുള്ള, ബലിഷ്ഠമായ, കരുത്തുള്ള
brawny in Kannada
- ಗಟ್ಟಿ, ಕೊಡಿ
Forms of brawny
| comparative | brawnier |
|---|---|
| superlative | brawniest |
Origin of brawny
From Middle English brawny; equivalent to brawn + -y.
Words formed from brawny
Questions about brawny
- What does brawny mean?
- Brawny means characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
- What is brawny in Marathi?
- Brawny in Marathi is धट्टाकट्टा (dhaṭṭākaṭṭā), धष्टपुष्ट (dhaṣṭapuṣṭa), धिप्पाड (dhippāḍ). See Brawny meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is brawny?
- Brawny is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce brawny?
- Brawny is pronounced /bɹɔːni/ (UK).
Words near brawny in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: brawny (page history and authors); بلوان (Urdu) (page history and authors); brawny (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); brawny (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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