HyperDic: scraggy

English > 2 senses of the word scraggy:
ADJECTIVEallscraggy, scraggly, boney, bony, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedybeing very thin
allscraggy, jagged, jaggyhaving a sharply uneven surface or outline
English > scraggy: 2 senses > adjective 1
MeaningVery thin.
Synonymsscraggly, boney, bony, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy
Broaderthin, leanlacking excess flesh
Spanishcadavérico, chupado, consumido, delgaducho, demacrada, demacrado, descarnado, enclenque, enjuto, escuálido, esquelético, huesudo, macilenta, macilento, raquítico, seco
Catalancadavèric, consumit, demacrat, descarnat, escanyolit, escarransit, esquelètic, magre, ossut, raquític, ressec, sec, xuclat
Nounsscraga person who is unusually thin and scrawny
English > scraggy: 2 senses > adjective 2
MeaningHaving a sharply uneven surface or outline.
Example "scraggy cliffs"
Synonymsjagged, jaggy
Broaderunevennot even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture
Spanishdesigual, recortado
Catalandesigual, retallat

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