scraggy

Adjective
Synonyms: boneyscrawnyskinnyunderweightweedyjaggedjaggy

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. being very thin“a child with skinny freckled legs”“a long scrawny neck”Synonyms: boneyscrawnyskinnyunderweightweedy
  2. having a sharply uneven surface or outline“the jagged outline of the crags”“scraggy cliffs”Synonyms: jaggedjaggy
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Scraggy \Scrag"gy\, a. [Compar. Scragger; superl. Scraggiest.]

1.Rough with irregular points; scragged. "A scraggy rock." --J. Philips. [1913 Webster]

2.Lean and rough; scragged. "His sinewy, scraggy neck." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

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