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scraggy

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scrag·gy  (skrg)
adj. scrag·gi·er, scrag·gi·est
1. Jagged; rough: scraggy cliffs.
2. Bony and lean: a scraggy cat.

scraggi·ly adv.
scraggi·ness n.

scraggy [ˈskrægɪ]
adj -gier, -giest
1. lean or scrawny
2. rough; unkempt
scraggily  adv
scragginess  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.scraggyscraggy - being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
2.scraggy - having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"
uneven - not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"

scraggy
adjective
2. unkempt, scruffy, tousled, rough, grotty (slang), lank, draggletailed (archaic) Their hallmarks are scraggy hair and scruffy clothes.
Translations
scraggy [ˈskrægɪ] ADJ (scraggier (compar) (scraggiest (superl))) → flacucho

scraggy [ˈskrægi] adj [neck, person, sheep, bird] → décharné(e); [plant, tree] → décharné(e); [beard] → clairsemé(e)

scraggy
adj (+er)
(= scrawny)dürr; meatminderwertig, sehnig
(= unkempt, scanty) hairzottig, zerfranst; furzottig

scraggy [ˈskrægɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (neck, limb) → scheletrico/a; (animal) → pelle e ossa inv
scraggy [ˈskrægɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (neck, limb) → scheletrico/a; (animal) → pelle e ossa inv

scraggy
adj scraggy [ˈskrӕgi]
unattractively thin a scraggy neck. maer رفيع بصورَةٍ غَيْر جَذّابَه мършав vyzáblý mager dürr κοκαλιάρης flacucho, enjuto luine لاغر و استخواني luiseva décharné כָּחוּש दुबला-पला, मरियल mršav, kržljav vézna kurus kering horaður ossuto, scheletrico やせこけた 수척한 perkaręs, liesas tievs; kārns kurus kering mager radmager, skranglet chudy descarnado uscăţiv худой, тощий vychudnutý suhoten koščat mager, tanig, skinntorr ผอมแห้ง çok zayıf, sıska, cılız 骨瘦如柴的 сухорлявий, худий دبلا gầy giơ xương
n scragginess
maerheid نَحافَةٌ بِدون جاذِبِيَّه мършавост hubenost magerhed die Magerkeit ισχνότητα delgadez luisus لاغري luisevuus aspect décharné רָזוֹן दुबलापन mršavost, kržljavost soványság; egyenetlenség kekurusan það að vera horaður í útliti magrezza やせこけ 빈약함 liesumas tievums; kārnums kekurusan magerheid radmagerhet chudość magreza aspect descărnat, des­căr­nare худоба vychudnutosť suhotnost koščatost tanighet, skinntorrhet ความผอมแห้ง sıskalık, cılızlık 皮包骨頭 худорба دبلاپا sự gầy gò


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how planted upon this once scraggy scoria of a country?
She forgot all fear of her father, went up to him, took his hand, and drawing him down put her arm round his thin, scraggy neck.
The child (a little boy, apparently about five years old) scrambled up to the top of the wall, and called again and again; but finding this of no avail, apparently made up his mind, like Mahomet, to go to the mountain, since the mountain would not come to him, and attempted to get over; but a crabbed old cherry-tree, that grew hard by, caught him by the frock in one of its crooked scraggy arms that stretched over the wall.
 
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