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单词 straggly
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Definition of straggly in English:

straggly

adjectivestragglier, straggliest ˈstraɡliˈstraɡ(ə)liˈstræɡ(ə)li
  • Growing or spreading in an irregular, untidy way.

    his straggly dark hair
    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

Rhymes

waggly
 
 

Definition of straggly in US English:

straggly

adjectiveˈstraɡ(ə)lēˈstræɡ(ə)li
  • Growing or spreading in an irregular, untidy way.

    his straggly dark hair
    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
 
 
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