scraggly

[skrag-lee] / ˈskræg li /

ADJECTIVE

ragged

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bedraggled scruffy unkempt

WEAK

badly dressed badly worn dilapidated dingy dirty disheveled frayed frazzled full of holes grubby grungy in tatters messy moth-eaten shabby sloppy tacky tattered threadbare torn unclean uncombed ungroomed worse for wear

Antonyms

STRONGEST

kempt neat tidy

Example Sentences

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There are distant mountains, scraggly fields and dusty construction sites where crews of South Asian laborers toil away.

From New York Times

The only reasonably content creature in the ménage is Lucky, their scraggly poodle.

From New York Times

I’ve made this pie entirely with parsley, chives, cilantro and dill — it had some real kuku sabzi vibes — and once used scraggly radish and beet tops, well chopped, plus a tablespoon of dried basil.

From Seattle Times

“I’ve been growing this scraggly beard,” he said, “and I didn’t have enough time to shave it.”

From Washington Post

Simultaneously, I'm trying to follow a conversation between two scraggly men speaking a dialect of English that I can barely understand.

From BBC