scraggy
pronunciation
How to pronounce scraggy in British English:
UK [ˈskrægi]
How to pronounce scraggy in American English:
US ['skræɡɪ]
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- Adjective:
- having unattractive thinness
- having a sharply uneven surface or outline
Word Origin
- scraggy (adj.)
- early 13c., "rough, jagged" (figurative); 1570s, of landscape, "rough, rugged, stumpy;" 1610s, of persons, "gaunt and wasted, lean, thin, bony;" see scrag + -y (2), and compare scroggy, scraggly. In Scottish, scranky. Related: Scragginess.
Example
- 1. The scraggy beggar shivered in the winter chill .
- 2. And get our scraggy bottoms out of here .
- 3. He examined the large watch which ornamented his scraggy wrist .
- 4. The boats painted in yellow , crimson , and white that bob in the water could belong to any scraggy mediterranean coast .
- 5. I am sure you would never remember me again , that poor widow who was a teacher in primary school and her minor and scraggy daughter .