What does scraggy mean?

Definitions for scraggy
ˈskræg iscrag·gy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedyadjective

    being very thin

    "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"

  2. jagged, jaggy, scraggyadjective

    having a sharply uneven surface or outline

    "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"

Wiktionary

  1. scraggyadjective

    Rough and irregular; jagged.

  2. scraggyadjective

    Lean or thin, scrawny.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Scraggynoun

    Etymology: from scrag.

    Such a constitution is easily known by the body being lean, warm, hairy, scraggy, and dry, without a disease. Arbuthnot.

    From a scraggy rock, whose prominence
    Half overshades the ocean, hardy men,
    Fearless of rending winds and dashing waves,
    Cut sampire. Phillips.

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  1. scraggy

    Scraggy is an adjective used to describe something or someone that is thin, bony, or gaunt in appearance, often lacking in flesh or muscular structure. It can also refer to something that is irregular or uneven, such as rough or jagged terrain.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scraggy

    rough with irregular points; scragged

  2. Scraggy

    lean and rough; scragged

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scraggy in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scraggy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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