Meaning

2 senses
  1. Untidy in appearance; scrubby; shabby.

    A scruffy little dog came scampering down the road.

    scruffy clothes

    verwahrlost, heruntergekommen, verdreckt

    неря́шливыйnerjášlivyj, нечёсаныйnečósanyj, взъеро́шенныйvzʺjeróšennyj

    shabby and untidy

  2. Scurfy.

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Tom noticed a scruffy old dog following him.

  2. Tom noticed that a scruffy old dog was following him.

  3. Sami saw a scruffy old dog.

  4. Tom looked scruffy, like a homeless person.

  5. He wears scruffy clothes and has an unkempt beard.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
untidy in appearance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
untidy in appearance:

Forms

scruffier, scruffiest
Comparativescruffier Lesson
Superlativescruffiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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