scraggly

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scrag·gly

(skrăg′lē)

adj. scrag·gli·er, scrag·gli·est

1. Ragged or unkempt: a scraggly beard.

2. Thin or emaciated: a scraggly dog.

3. Thin or irregular in form, as a plant.

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scraggly

(ˈskræɡlɪ)

adj, -glier or -gliest

untidy or irregular

Also called: scraggling

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scrag•gly

(ˈskræg li)

adj. -gli•er, -gli•est.

1. irregular; uneven; jagged.

2. shaggy; ragged; unkempt.

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Adj.

scraggly - lacking neatness or order; "the old man's scraggly beard"; "a scraggly little path to the door"

untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"

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scraggly

[ˈskræglɪ] ADJ (US) [beard] → descuidado; [hair] → revuelto; [plant] → asalvajado, de aspecto salvaje

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scraggly

[ˈskrægli] (mainly US) adj [hair, moustache, beard, plant] → clairsemé(e)

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scraggly

adj (+er) beard, hair → zottig, zottelig; plant → kümmerlich

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His tail was short and scraggly, and his harness had been broken in many places and fastened together again with cords and bits of wire.

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A few scraggly, yellow-white locks had supplanted the thick, dark hair that had covered his head.

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The sunburn of my face, what little of it could be seen through a scraggly growth of beard, had faded to a sickly yellow.

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In that flashing glimpse, even as he reined and spurred to make his own horse leap sidewise out from under, Harley Kennan observed the scratched skin and torn clothing, the wild-burning eyes, and the haggardness under the scraggly growth of beard, of the man-hunted man.

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