scraggy as an adjective: - 1
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scraggy
adjective
1 scraggy
Being very thin.
synonyms: boney, bony, scraggly, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy.
Roget 193:
little;
small
etc.
(in quantity)
32;
minute,
diminutive,
microscopic;
microzoal;
inconsiderable
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
exiguous,
puny,
tiny,
wee,
petty,
minikin†,
miniature,
pygmy,
pigmy†,
elfin;
undersized;
dwarf,
dwarfed,
dwarfish;
spare,
stunted,
limited;
cramp,
cramped;
pollard,
Liliputian,
dapper,
pocket;
portative†,
portable;
duodecimo†;
dumpy,
squat;
short
etc.
201.
impalpable,
intangible,
evanescent,
imperceptible,
invisible,
inappreciable,
insignificant,
inconsiderable,
trivial;
infinitesimal,
homoeopathic†;
atomic,
subatomic,
corpuscular,
molecular;
rudimentary,
rudimental;
embryonic,
vestigial.
weazen†,
scant,
scraggy,
scrubby;
thin
etc.
(narrow)
203;
granular
etc.
(powdery)
330;
shrunk
etc.
195;
brevipennate†.
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Roget 256:
rough,
uneven,
scabrous,
scaly,
knotted;
rugged,
rugose†,
rugous†;
knurly†;
asperous†,
crisp,
salebrous†,
gnarled,
unpolished,
unsmooth†,
roughhewn†;
craggy,
cragged;
crankling†,
scraggy;
prickly
etc.
(sharp)
253;
arborescent
etc.
242†;
leafy,
well-wooded;
feathery;
plumose,
plumigerous†;
laciniate†,
laciniform†,
laciniose†;
pappose†;
pileous†,
pilose†;
trichogenous†,
trichoid [Med.];
tufted,
fimbriated,
hairy,
ciliated,
filamentous,
hirsute;
crinose†,
crinite†;
bushy,
hispid,
villous,
pappous†,
bearded,
pilous†,
shaggy,
shagged;
fringed,
befringed†;
setous†,
setose†,
setaceous;
like quills upon the fretful porcupine"
[Hamlet];
rough as a nutmeg grater,
rough as a bear.
downy,
velvety,
flocculent,
woolly;
lanate†,
lanated†;
lanuginous†,
lanuginose†;
tomentose†;
fluffy.
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Polish: kościany, kościsty, szkieletowaty
2 scraggy
Having a sharply uneven surface or outline:
— Scraggy cliffs.
synonyms: jagged, jaggy.
Moby thesaurus: Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, angular, asperous, bony, corrugated, cragged, craggy, crinkled, crumpled, dumpy, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, elfin, flat, flat-chested, fleshless, gangling, gangly, gaunt, gawky, gravelly, harsh, incipient, ironbound, jagged, jaggy, lank, lanky, lean, lean-fleshed, lean-looking, meager, midget, nanoid, pygmy, ragged, rawboned, rockbound, rocky, rudimental, rudimentary, rugged, rugose, rugous, runty, saw-toothed, sawtooth, scabrous, scragged, scraggly, scrawny, scrubby, serrate, serrated, shriveled, shrunk, shrunken, skeletal, skinny, snagged, snaggled, snaggy, spare, spidery, spindling, spindly, squat, stony, stunted, thin-bellied, thin-fleshed, twiggy, undersize, undersized, underweight, uneven, unlevel, unsmooth, wizened, wrinkled ... show more.
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