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scraggly — [skrag′lē] adj. scragglier, scraggliest [see SCRAGGY & LY1] sparse, scrubby, irregular, uneven, ragged, etc. in growth or form [a scraggly beard] scraggliness n … English World dictionary
scraggly — 1869, from SCRAG (Cf. scrag) … Etymology dictionary
scraggly — [adj] ragged badly dressed, badly worn, bedraggled, dilapidated, dingy, dirty, disheveled, frayed, frazzled, full of holes*, grubby*, grungy*, in tatters*, messy, motheaten, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, torn, unclean,… … New thesaurus
scraggly — UK [ˈskræɡ(ə)lɪ] / US adjective Word forms scraggly : adjective scraggly comparative scragglier superlative scraggliest American informal scraggly hair is untidy and does not look clean or healthy … English dictionary
scraggly — adjective Etymology: alteration of scraggling, preh. irregular from 2scraggy Date: 1869 irregular in form or growth < scraggly hills > < a scraggly beard >; also unkempt … New Collegiate Dictionary
scraggly — scrag|gly [ skrægli ] adjective AMERICAN INFORMAL scraggly hair is messy and does not look clean or healthy: a scraggly untrimmed mustache … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scraggly — [[t]skræ̱gli[/t]] scragglier, scraggliest ADJ GRADED Scraggly hair or plants are thin and untidy. [mainly AM] ...a man with a scraggly mustache. Syn: straggly … English dictionary
scraggly — scrag|gly [ˈskrægəli] adj informal growing in a way that looks uneven and in bad condition ▪ his scraggly gray beard … Dictionary of contemporary English
scraggly — adjective AmE informal growing in a way that looks uneven and in bad condition: his scraggly unwashed hair … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
scraggly — /skrag lee/, adj., scragglier, scraggliest. 1. irregular; uneven; jagged. 2. shaggy; ragged; unkempt. [1865 70; SCRAG + LY] * * * … Universalium
