Definition of straggly in English:
straggly
adjectivestragglier, straggliest ˈstraɡliˈstraɡ(ə)liˈstræɡ(ə)li
Growing or spreading in an irregular, untidy way.
Example sentencesExamples
- It was a shabby, straggly, unkempt little regiment, their faces chapped, their noses running in the cold.
- She brushed the tangles out of her straggly red hair.
- I sit in the only empty chair on the front row next to a very pale man with long straggly gray hair who has a persistent dry cough and wears sandals with thin black socks.
- My dark brown hair was dirty and straggly, the longest strands falling just past my shoulders.
- Along the way we encountered straggly herds of llamas and occasional wild dogs.
Synonyms
untidy, messy, unkempt, straggling, dishevelled, bedraggled
informal ratty
Definition of straggly in US English:
straggly
adjectiveˈstraɡ(ə)lēˈstræɡ(ə)li
Growing or spreading in an irregular, untidy way.
Example sentencesExamples
- I sit in the only empty chair on the front row next to a very pale man with long straggly gray hair who has a persistent dry cough and wears sandals with thin black socks.
- She brushed the tangles out of her straggly red hair.
- Along the way we encountered straggly herds of llamas and occasional wild dogs.
- It was a shabby, straggly, unkempt little regiment, their faces chapped, their noses running in the cold.
- My dark brown hair was dirty and straggly, the longest strands falling just past my shoulders.
Synonyms
untidy, messy, unkempt, straggling, dishevelled, bedraggled