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scruff·y
(skrŭf′ē)adj. scruff·i·er, scruff·i·est
1. Shabby; untidy.
2. Chiefly British Scaly; scabby.
[From obsolete scruff, scurf, variant of scurf; see scurf.]
scruff′i·ly adv.
scruff′i·ness n.
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scruffy
(ˈskrʌfɪ)adj, scruffier or scruffiest
unkempt or shabby
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scruff•y
(ˈskrʌf i)adj. scruff•i•er, scruff•i•est.
untidy; shabby.
[1870–75; earlier, covered with scurf; scruff, metathetic variant of scurf]
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| Adj. | 1. | scruffy - shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket" |
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scruffy
adjective shabby, untidy, ragged, run-down, messy, sloppy (informal), seedy, squalid, tattered, tatty, unkempt, disreputable, scrubby (Brit. informal), grungy, slovenly, mangy, sluttish, slatternly, ungroomed, frowzy, ill-groomed, draggletailed (archaic) a young man, pale, scruffy and untidy
neat, tidy, spruce, smart, chic, well-dressed, dapper, natty, well-groomed, well-turned-out, soigné or soignée
neat, tidy, spruce, smart, chic, well-dressed, dapper, natty, well-groomed, well-turned-out, soigné or soignée
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scruffy
adjectiveShowing signs of wear and tear or neglect:
bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare.
Informal: tacky.
Slang: ratty.
Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot, past cure.
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scruffy
[ˈskrʌfɪ] ADJ (scruffier (compar) (scruffiest (superl))) [person, appearance] → desaliñado, dejado; [clothes] → desaliñado; [building] → destartaladohe looks scruffy → tiene aspecto descuidado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
scruffy
[ˈskrʌfi] adj [person, appearance] → débraillé(e); [clothes, jeans,] → dépenaillé(e); [hair] → hirsute; [flat, street] → miteux/euseCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
scruffy
adj (+er) (inf) → gammelig (inf); person, clothes also → schlampig (inf); park, city → verlottert (inf), → verwahrlost
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
scruffy
[ˈskrʌfɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person, clothes, appearance) → trasandato/a, sciatto/a; (building) → squallido/a; (paintwork) → malandato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
scruffy
(ˈskrafi) adjective dirty and untidy. a scruffy person; Their house is a bit scruffy.
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