Scraggly

Quick meaning: Scraggly is an adjective meaning Rough, scruffy, or unkempt.

Meaning

Rough, scruffy, or unkempt.

More Meanings

1. Jagged or uneven; scraggy.

Example Sentences

She would be so happy . . . that she wouldn't notice the spelling or the scraggly writing.

What he painted was scenes of the Old West, cowboys and Indians, cattle and horses. Pictures scraggly with sagebrush.

The sunburn of my face, what little of it could be seen through a scraggly growth of beard, had faded to a sickly yellow.

I climbed to a small ridge under a fiercely blazing sun and sat down under a scraggly gum tree to try and work out my bearings.

Word Forms

• scragglier
• scraggliest

Synonyms for scraggly

Depending on context, synonyms include untidy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include untidy, scragged, scruffy, scragly, scrabbly, ragged.

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