"scrubby" meaning in English

See scrubby in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: scrubbier [comparative], scrubbiest [superlative]
Etymology: scrub + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scrub|y}} scrub + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} scrubby (comparative scrubbier, superlative scrubbiest)
  1. Covered with or consisting of scrub. Translations (covered with scrub): обрасъл с храсти (obrasǎl s hrasti) (Bulgarian), pensaikkoinen (Finnish), pusikkoinen (Finnish), snårig (Swedish), risig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scrubby-en-adj-Tk9Tn9wS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'covered with scrub': 84 16
  2. Inferior in size or quality. Translations (inferior in size or quality): недорасъл (nedorasǎl) (Bulgarian), kitukasvuinen (Finnish), pienikokoinen [inferior] (Finnish), huono (Finnish), surkea (Finnish), kurja [inferior] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-scrubby-en-adj-5giQClpN Disambiguation of 'inferior in size or quality': 3 97

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for scrubby meaning in English (2.6kB)

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