Scruffy meaning

skrŭfē
scruffier scruffiest
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The definition of scruffy is someone or something that is unkempt and untidy.

A messy beard that you do not take care of is an example of a scruffy beard.

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Shabby, unkempt, or untidy; grubby.
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Scaly; scabby.
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Untidy in appearance.
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Shabby; untidy.
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Origin of scruffy

  • From obsolete scruff scurf variant of scurf scurf

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Scruffy Sentence Examples

  • His hair was tied back, his jaw and chin scruffy from a couple days' growth of hair.

  • A scruffy old drunkard comes to the hospital looking for his son.

  • A scruffy, antisocial misfit, she's been convicted of murder and sentenced to die.

  • We know ' cause we're quite scruffy ourselves!

  • Scruffy was meowing at the kitchen door.

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