scraggy
AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (2)scraggier, scraggiest
- being very thin“a child with skinny freckled legs”“a long scrawny neck”“pale bony hands”Synonyms: scragglyboneybonyscrawnyskinnyunderweightweedyOpposite fatSimilar thin, lean
- having a sharply uneven surface or outline“the jagged outline of the crags”“scraggy cliffs”Synonyms: jaggedjaggyOpposite evenSimilar uneven
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Scrag′gy adjective [Compar. Scragger; superlative Scraggiest.]
1. Rough with irregular points; scragged. “A scraggy rock.” John Philips
2. Lean and rough; scragged. “His sinewy, scraggy neck.” Sir Walter Scott
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54