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scraggy

Pronunciation:  'skragee

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Matching Terms:  scragged, scraggedness, scraggily, scragginess, scraggly

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"
  2. [adj]  having unattractive thinness; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
 
 Synonyms: jagged, jaggy, lean, scrawny, skinny, thin, underweight, uneven, weedy
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Scrag"gy\, a. [Compar. {Scragger}; superl.
{Scraggiest}.]
1. Rough with irregular points; scragged. ``A scraggy rock.''
   --J. Philips.

2. Lean and rough; scragged. ``His sinewy, scraggy neck.''
   --Sir W. Scott.

 

 

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