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How to pronounce scraggy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms boney, bony, scraggly, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy
Derivation scrag
Type Words
Synonyms jagged, jaggy


scraggy cliffs.

Examples of scraggy

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As long as we don't have to see anymore of the scraggy, orange bint in the Argus.
From the theargus.co.uk
In one picture, the wolf wears a preposterous red bow around his scraggy grey neck.
From the guardian.co.uk
And if I lose weight generally then I just look scraggy with a spare tyre.
From the independent.co.uk
I would love to stay longer, but we have a steep, scraggy trail to climb.
From the guardian.co.uk
She looks over-baked and scraggy now yet he will be a bit of a catch for some nice lady.
From the theargus.co.uk
Scraggy bush and trees clinging where they can to its sides and plateaus.
From the nzherald.co.nz
He was very thin and scraggy, but he cracked, because I didn't know enough about armatures.
From the guardian.co.uk
Who will dare step into Rylance's scraggy army surplus boots when, eventually, he and Byron part company?
From the independent.co.uk
These eagles are scraggy, scrawny, pitifully loose-limbed.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
  • Jagged: having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"
  • Rough with irregular points; scragged; Lean and rough; scragged