scraggly
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scraggly
- /ˈskɹæɡ(ə)li/
Where it comes from
As if from a verb *scraggle (in turn from scrag). Equivalent to scrag + -le + -ly.
adjective scragglier · scraggliest
- Rough, scruffy, or unkempt. The sunburn of my face, what little of it could be seen through a scraggly growth of beard, had faded to a sickly yellow.
- Jagged or uneven; scraggy. She would be so happy . . . that she wouldn't notice the spelling or the scraggly writing.
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adj Rough
| Deutsch | wild, rau |
|---|---|
| Русский | кудла́тый kudlátyj, неухо́женный neuxóžennyj |
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