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straggly

[strag-lee] / ˈstræg li /
ADJECTIVE
dirty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contaminated crummy disheveled dusty filthy greasy grimy messy muddy murky nasty polluted sloppy stained unkempt
STRONG
bedraggled begrimed defiled disarrayed foul fouled smudged spattered spotted sullied
WEAK
cruddy dreggy dungy grubby grungy icky lousy mucky scummy scuzzy slatternly slimy slovenly sooty squalid undusted unhygienic unlaundered unsanitary unsightly unswept untidy unwashed yucky
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bright clean clear ordered orderly sterile
STRONG
neat
WEAK
spotless
ADJECTIVE
uncleanly
Synonyms
WEAK
bedraggled begrimed contaminated cruddy crummy defiled disarrayed dishabille disheveled dreggy dungy dusty filthy foul fouled greasy grimy grubby grungy icky lousy messy mucky muddy murky nasty polluted raunchy scummy scuzzy slatternly slimy sloppy slovenly smudged smutty soiled sooty spattered spotted squalid stained sullied unclean undusted unhygienic unkempt unlaundered unsanitary unsightly unswept untidy unwashed yucky

Example Sentences

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After a while they got us into straggly columns and marched us off.

From Literature

He’s quite small and wiry, with straggly ginger hair and a moustache that curls out from both sides – like antlers!

From Literature

He bit his lips, chapped as Celia’s and mine were, but there was something about him, his eyes almost hidden under straggly hair, that made me think of Devlin.

From Literature

A white man with grey, straggly hair stroked his bearded chin.

From BBC

His beard - brown and trim when I first encountered him in the besieged Donbas town of Lysychansk in 2022 - is now straggly and grey.

From BBC

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.