scrabbly
scrabbly · more scrabbly · most scrabbly
Characterised by scrabbling, or digging aroundCharacterised by scrabbling, or digging around.
Meaning
12 sensesCharacterised by scrabbling, or digging around.
Covered in loose rocks or crumbling soil.
Difficult to negotiate; requiring scrambling.
Scribbly.
Thrown together; disorganized or slapdash.
Of poor quality; poorly maintained.
Characterized by sparse, stunted vegetation, infertile.
sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
Stunted.
Sparse and scraggly.
Impoverished, hardscrabble
Rough, poor and uncultured.
Having a rough texture; scratchy.
Origin
From scrabble + -y.From scrabble + -y.
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Forms
more scrabbly, most scrabbly| Comparative | more scrabbly Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most scrabbly Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush:scrubby
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form