"scraggy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈskɹæɡi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scraggy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scraggier [comparative], scraggiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æɡi Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} scraggy (comparative scraggier, superlative scraggiest)
  1. Rough and irregular; jagged. Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-scraggy-en-adj--31qYn8i Disambiguation of Appearance: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
  2. Lean or thin, scrawny. Translations (very lean): мършав (mǎršav) (Bulgarian), scheletrico [masculine] (Italian), сухорлявий (suxorljavyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), захлялий (zaxljalyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), худющий (xudjuščyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-scraggy-en-adj-ougen5sf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'very lean': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scraggily, scragginess

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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