Scruffy Definition

skrŭfē
scruffier, scruffiest
adjective
scruffier, scruffiest
Shabby, unkempt, or untidy; grubby.
Webster's New World
Scaly; scabby.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
seedyunkemptuntidyshabbyscragglyroughmessymangytackydingyrattythreadbaretattytatteredsleazy
Antonyms:
tidykemptsmooth

Other Word Forms of Scruffy

Adjective

Base Form:
scruffy
Comparative:
scruffier
Superlative:
scruffiest

Origin of Scruffy

  • From obsolete scruff scurf variant of scurf scurf

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

Scruffy Sentence Examples

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

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

  • Scruffy was meowing at the kitchen door.

  • I tend to leave it be and it ends up looking a bit scruffy.

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

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Words Starting With

SSCSCR

Words Ending With

YFYFFY

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