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Definition of scruffy in English: scruffyadjectivescruffier, scruffiest ˈskrʌfiˈskrəfi 1Shabby and untidy or dirty. 破旧的;不整洁的 a teenager in scruffy jeans and a baggy T-shirt 一个穿着破旧牛仔裤和宽松T恤衫的少年。 Example sentencesExamples - Certain parts of Bolton are dirty and scruffy, caused by a minority of dirty people and neglect.
- If the jeans were baggy and scruffy, the whole outfit would be unbalanced.
- He's dressed in scruffy jeans and a faded biker jacket, talking in quiet, understated tones.
- I wore it to some rather posh restaurants and not once did I feel scruffy or unkempt.
- In seconds, it seemed, she was back in her scruffy jeans and rainbow fingerless gloves, ready to go.
- He pulls his curly locks back into a bushy ponytail and wears a somewhat scruffy goatee.
- My winter coat is too warm for this time of year and my jeans jacket is too scruffy for work.
- And then he glanced at his own almost crumpled gray shirt and the plain scruffy jeans.
- There was just one other sad, unfulfilled customer at the bar, trying to catch the eye of the scruffy teen working the pumps.
- Bit scruffy and mangy himself, but blessed with a true heart of gold.
- One had blond hair and was scruffy, with a blue top and jeans, while the other wore a dark blue top.
- Born in 1912, Turing was a shy, scruffy young man, but a gifted mathematician and scientist.
- He was looking down, he was scruffy, he had dirty jeans and he was not on this planet.
- The whole head is fluffed up and gently back-combed, so that it looks scruffy and unkempt.
- Zach was decked out in the same scruffy jeans he'd been wearing in the video.
- His scruffy appearance made him look dirty next to the clean bright sterile walls of the hospital.
- I felt ashamed to let anyone come to the flat because it was filthy, smelly and scruffy.
- It's all about contrasts and contradictions - the smart and the scruffy, the rough and the smooth.
- Having arrived at 9am from Aberdeen, the pair were clad more as mad hatters tea party than scruffy gig chic.
- I always promised to do better but I was an incurably scruffy boy who never did do well on the pulled-up socks side of life.
Synonyms shabby, worn, down at heel, shoddy, ragged, tattered, mangy, sorry, run down, disreputable untidy, unkempt, bedraggled, messy, dishevelled, ungroomed, ill-groomed, sleazy, seedy, slatternly, slovenly dirty, squalid, filthy informal tatty, the worse for wear, scuzzy, grungy, yucky British informal grotty North American informal raggedy 2(of a man's face) having short, bristly hairs as a result of not having been shaved for a while. his employer has got used to seeing his face becoming scruffier each spring
Derivativesadverbˈskrʌfɪliˈskrəfəli The accomplice who sneaked in is believed to be around 30 and scruffily dressed. Example sentencesExamples - A woman is approached in the street by a scruffily dressed youth who opens his mouth - and asks for directions to the local mosque.
- His bag and jacket were shiny, his top button done up, his tie scruffily fitted.
- The city swarms with scruffily dressed and, largely, scruffily mannered young people.
- This resulted in a situation where the higher up the management ladder you are, the more scruffily you dress at work.
nounˈskrʌfɪnəsˈskrəfinəs But are scruffiness and Slipknot t-shirts not just an integral part of being a techie? Example sentencesExamples - But I think people love that scruffiness, that roughness.
- I'm not particularly fond of your brand of scruffiness either.
- Del grinned to herself, ‘Does she hate your scruffiness?’
- I mentioned the picture thing because of him, with his scruffiness.
- In their defence the attacking pair will point to the scruffiness of the service but they must take some responsibility too.
- Yeah, I noticed a bit of scruffiness around the chin area.
- So aren't the protestations of terminal scruffiness and aw-shucks fallibility just a little disingenuous?
- Other than the current scruffiness of my hair, though, I quite liked my appearance.
- The punters don't seem to mind the scruffiness.
OriginMid 17th century (in the sense ‘covered with scurf’): from scruff ‘scurf’, variant of scurf, + -y. The sense ‘shabby’ dates from the late 19th century. Rhymesfluffy, huffy, puffy, roughie, roughy, snuffy, stuffy, toughie Definition of scruffy in US English: scruffyadjectiveˈskrəfēˈskrəfi 1Shabby and untidy or dirty. 破旧的;不整洁的 a teenager in scruffy jeans and a baggy T-shirt 一个穿着破旧牛仔裤和宽松T恤衫的少年。 Example sentencesExamples - He was looking down, he was scruffy, he had dirty jeans and he was not on this planet.
- Having arrived at 9am from Aberdeen, the pair were clad more as mad hatters tea party than scruffy gig chic.
- And then he glanced at his own almost crumpled gray shirt and the plain scruffy jeans.
- My winter coat is too warm for this time of year and my jeans jacket is too scruffy for work.
- If the jeans were baggy and scruffy, the whole outfit would be unbalanced.
- It's all about contrasts and contradictions - the smart and the scruffy, the rough and the smooth.
- Born in 1912, Turing was a shy, scruffy young man, but a gifted mathematician and scientist.
- Zach was decked out in the same scruffy jeans he'd been wearing in the video.
- Certain parts of Bolton are dirty and scruffy, caused by a minority of dirty people and neglect.
- One had blond hair and was scruffy, with a blue top and jeans, while the other wore a dark blue top.
- There was just one other sad, unfulfilled customer at the bar, trying to catch the eye of the scruffy teen working the pumps.
- His scruffy appearance made him look dirty next to the clean bright sterile walls of the hospital.
- I felt ashamed to let anyone come to the flat because it was filthy, smelly and scruffy.
- In seconds, it seemed, she was back in her scruffy jeans and rainbow fingerless gloves, ready to go.
- I always promised to do better but I was an incurably scruffy boy who never did do well on the pulled-up socks side of life.
- I wore it to some rather posh restaurants and not once did I feel scruffy or unkempt.
- He pulls his curly locks back into a bushy ponytail and wears a somewhat scruffy goatee.
- The whole head is fluffed up and gently back-combed, so that it looks scruffy and unkempt.
- Bit scruffy and mangy himself, but blessed with a true heart of gold.
- He's dressed in scruffy jeans and a faded biker jacket, talking in quiet, understated tones.
Synonyms shabby, worn, down at heel, shoddy, ragged, tattered, mangy, sorry, run down, disreputable 2(of a man's face) having short, bristly hairs as a result of not having been shaved for a while. his employer has gotten used to seeing his face becoming scruffier each spring
OriginMid 17th century (in the sense ‘covered with scurf’): from scruff ‘scurf’, variant of scurf, + -y. The sense ‘shabby’ dates from the late 19th century. |