adj
Meaning 1
Rough, scruffy, or unkempt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
scraggly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈskɹæɡ(ə)li/
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CMU ARPABET: S K R AE1 G L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Jagged or uneven; scraggy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
lacking neatness or order
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the old man's scraggly beard
- a scraggly little path to the door
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
As if from a verb *scraggle (in turn from scrag). Equivalent to scrag + -le + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: нащърбен (naštǎrben) — Rough
- Bulgarian: неравен (neraven) — Rough
- German: wild — Rough
- German: rau — Rough
- Polish: cienki — Rough
- Polish: skąpy — Rough
- Russian: кудла́тый (kudlátyj) — Rough
- Russian: неухо́женный (neuxóžennyj) — Rough