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scraggy
scrag·gy S0163700 (skrăg′ē)adj. scrag·gi·er, scrag·gi·est 1. Jagged; rough: scraggy cliffs.2. Bony and lean: a scraggy cat.
scrag′gi·ly adv.scrag′gi·ness n.scraggy (ˈskræɡɪ) adj, -gier or -giest1. lean or scrawny2. rough; unkempt ˈscraggily adv ˈscragginess nscrag•gy (ˈskræg i)
adj. -gi•er, -gi•est. 1. lean or scrawny. 2. jagged. [1565–75] scrag′gi•ly, adv. scrag′gi•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | scraggy - being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy, boneylean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare | | 2. | scraggy - having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"jagged, jaggyuneven - not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain" |
scraggyadjective1. scrawny, lean, skinny, angular, gaunt, bony, lanky, emaciated, undernourished, gangling, rawboned a flock of scraggy sheep2. unkempt, scruffy, tousled, rough, grotty (slang), lank, draggletailed (archaic) Their hallmarks are scraggy hair and scruffy clothes.Translationsscraggy (ˈskrӕgi) adjective unattractively thin. a scraggy neck. 骨瘦如柴的 骨瘦如柴的ˈscragginess noun 皮包骨 皮包骨scraggy
scraggy1. Bony, scrawny, or particularly lean. The alley was deserted save for a few scraggy street urchins begging for spare change. The main course was nothing but a couple boiled potatoes with a scraggy cut of beef.2. Jagged or rough. The birds make their nests in the scraggy sides of the huge cliffs. The architect has left the stone scraggy and unpolished to give the building a more naturalistic look.3. Messy or unkempt. I had a bit of a scraggy beard after the weekend of camping. I can't believe he showed up to the meeting in such scraggy clothes.scraggy (ˈskrægi) mod. bony. Who is that scraggy dame? scraggy
Synonyms for scraggyadj scrawnySynonyms- scrawny
- lean
- skinny
- angular
- gaunt
- bony
- lanky
- emaciated
- undernourished
- gangling
- rawboned
adj unkemptSynonyms- unkempt
- scruffy
- tousled
- rough
- grotty
- lank
- draggletailed
Synonyms for scraggyadj being very thinSynonyms- scrawny
- skinny
- underweight
- weedy
- boney
Related Wordsadj having a sharply uneven surface or outlineSynonymsRelated Words |