What does scrubby mean?
Definitions for scrubby
ˈskrʌb iscrub·by
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Princeton's WordNet
scrabbly, scrubbyadjective
sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
"open scrubby woods"
scrawny, scrubby, stuntedadjective
inferior in size or quality
"scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"
Wiktionary
scrubbyadjective
Covered with or consisting of scrub.
scrubbyadjective
Inferior in size or quality.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Scrubbed, Scrubbyadjective
Mean; vile; worthless; dirty; sorry.
Etymology: scrubet, Danish.
I gave it to a youth,
A kind of boy, a little scrubbed boy,
No higher than thyself. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.The scrubbiest cur in all the pack,
Can set the mastiff on your back. Jonathan Swift.The scene a wood, produc’d no more
Than a few scrubby trees before. Jonathan Swift.
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scrubby
Scubby refers to something that is small, stunted, inferior, or poorly grown, it could also mean covered with or consisting of scrub or underbrush. It can also describe something or someone that is unkempt or shabby.
Webster Dictionary
Scrubby
of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scrubby in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scrubby in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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- surkea, pusikkoinen, kurja, pensaikkoinenFinnish
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