What is another word for scruffy?
424 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ skɹˈʌfɪ], [ skɹˈʌfɪ], [ s_k_ɹ_ˈʌ_f_ɪ]
Scruffy is defined as shabby, unkempt, and messy. Synonyms for the word 'scruffy' can include disheveled, unpolished, rumpled, raggedy, untidy, and unkempt. Scruffy can also be described as shaggy, grungy, grimy, dingy, and rough-looking. Synonyms for the opposite of scruffy include neat, clean, well-groomed, tidy, and polished. Scruffy can be used to describe a person, animal, or object that appears disheveled or unkempt. When seeking to avoid the use of the word scruffy it may be helpful to consider synonyms in order to describe the same thing in a different manner.
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Similar words for scruffy:
- low (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- poor (adjective)
- scraggly (adjective)
- scrubby (adjective)
- seedy (adjective)
- sorry (adjective)
- threadbare (adjective)
- unclean (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- grubby (adjective)
- shabby (adjective)
- shoddy (adjective)
- slipshod (adjective)
- unkempt (adjective)
Synonyms for Scruffy:
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adj.
• low • mean- down at heel ,
- lowborn ,
- second class ,
- proletarian ,
- second rate ,
- second-class ,
- second-rate ,
- secondrate .
- bankrupt ,
- beggarly ,
- bereft ,
- busted ,
- destitute ,
- dilapidated ,
- distressed ,
- down-and-out ,
- embarrassed ,
- hand-to-mouth ,
- have-not ,
- homeless ,
- impoverished ,
- pauper ,
- penniless ,
- penurious ,
- poor ,
- poverty-stricken ,
- squalid .
- down at the heel ,
- gone to seed ,
- in a bad way ,
- used up ,
- dog eared ,
- dogeared ,
- gone seed ,
- in bad way ,
- more dog eared ,
- more dog-eared ,
- more dogeared ,
- more down at the heel ,
- more down-at-the-heel ,
- more sagging ,
- more wilted ,
- more wilting ,
- most dog eared ,
- most dog-eared ,
- most dogeared ,
- most down at the heel ,
- most down-at-the-heel ,
- most sagging ,
- most wilted ,
- most wilting ,
- over grown ,
- over-grown .
- crummy ,
- defiled ,
- dingy ,
- dirty ,
- disgusting ,
- dusty ,
- festering ,
- fetid ,
- filthy ,
- foul ,
- grimy ,
- grungy ,
- icky ,
- impure ,
- infectious ,
- insalubrious ,
- mucky ,
- muddy ,
- murky ,
- obscene ,
- odious ,
- offensive ,
- putrid ,
- scatological ,
- septic ,
- sloppy ,
- slovenly ,
- smutty ,
- sordid ,
- toxic ,
- unclean ,
- unhygenic ,
- unsanitary ,
- untidy .
- be smeared ,
- be-smeared ,
- more besmeared ,
- most besmeared ,
- scuzzier ,
- scuzziest ,
- un clean ,
- un cleaner ,
- un cleanest ,
- un cleanlier ,
- un cleanliest ,
- un cleanly ,
- un tidier ,
- un tidiest ,
- un tidy ,
- un washed ,
- un-clean ,
- un-cleaner ,
- un-cleanest ,
- un-cleanlier ,
- un-cleanliest ,
- un-cleanly ,
- un-tidier ,
- un-tidiest ,
- un-tidy ,
- un-washed ,
- uncleanly ,
- untidiest .
- de generated ,
- de solate ,
- de-generated ,
- de-solate ,
- dis figured ,
- dis-figured ,
- more degenerated ,
- more deteriorating ,
- more disfigured ,
- most degenerated ,
- most deteriorating ,
- most disfigured ,
- poverty stricken ,
- povertystricken ,
- rickety .
- brokendown ,
- dis creditable ,
- dis-creditable ,
- in glorious ,
- in-glorious ,
- junkier ,
- junkiest ,
- junky ,
- more unrespectable ,
- most unrespectable ,
- not snuff ,
- not to snuff ,
- not up snuff ,
- not up to snuff ,
- un respectable ,
- un-respectable .
- fly by night ,
- fouledup ,
- in accurate ,
- messedup ,
- more botched ,
- more fouled up ,
- more fouled-up ,
- more fouledup ,
- more messed up ,
- more messed-up ,
- more messedup ,
- more screwed up ,
- more screwed-up ,
- more screwedup ,
- more unmeticulous ,
- more unthorough ,
- most botched ,
- most fouled up ,
- most fouled-up ,
- most fouledup ,
- most messed up ,
- most messed-up ,
- most messedup ,
- most screwed up ,
- most screwed-up ,
- most screwedup ,
- most unmeticulous ,
- most unthorough ,
- screwed-up ,
- screwedup ,
- un meticulous ,
- un systematic ,
- un-meticulous ,
- un-systematic ,
- unsystematic .
- dis arranged ,
- dis arrayed ,
- dis ordered ,
- dis-arranged ,
- dis-arrayed ,
- dis-ordered ,
- more disarranged ,
- more disarrayed ,
- more rumpled ,
- more unfastidious ,
- most disarranged ,
- most disarrayed ,
- most rumpled ,
- most unfastidious ,
- un fastidious ,
- un improved ,
- un kempt ,
- un kempter ,
- un kemptest ,
- un neat ,
- un neater ,
- un neatest ,
- un polished ,
- un-fastidious ,
- un-improved ,
- un-kempt ,
- un-kempter ,
- un-kemptest ,
- un-neat ,
- un-neater ,
- un-neatest ,
- unneater ,
- unneatest .
Other synonyms:
- disheveled ,
- down-at-heel ,
- frowzy ,
- raggedy ,
- ratty ,
- slatternly ,
- tatty .
- broken-down .
- threadbare .
Other relevant words:
- Deteriorated ,
- Draggle-tailed ,
- Frazzled ,
- Furfuraceous ,
- Mussed ,
- Snuffy ,
- Squamosal ,
- Squamose ,
- Squamous ,
- abject ,
- abominable ,
- abysmal ,
- ailing ,
- all the worse for wear ,
- arrant ,
- atrocious ,
- badly groomed ,
- base ,
- beat-up ,
- beneath contempt ,
- better ,
- bleak ,
- blowzy ,
- bombed-out ,
- careless ,
- cheap ,
- cheesy ,
- common ,
- contemptible ,
- debased ,
- debilitated ,
- decayed ,
- degraded ,
- depraved ,
- despicable ,
- disarranged ,
- disgraceful ,
- dishevelled ,
- dismal ,
- disordered ,
- disorderly ,
- disreputable ,
- dog-eared ,
- dowdy ,
- down-at-the-heel ,
- down-at-the-heels ,
- drab ,
- dreary ,
- drenched ,
- dumpy ,
- dy ,
- enfeebled ,
- execrable ,
- flagrant ,
- frayed ,
- frowsy ,
- frumpish ,
- full of holes ,
- fulsome ,
- gaudy ,
- gone to pot ,
- grave ,
- grim ,
- gross ,
- grotty ,
- heinous ,
- holey ,
- ignominious ,
- in rags ,
- in shreds ,
- in tatters ,
- indisposed ,
- infirm ,
- little ,
- lousy ,
- low ,
- low-down ,
- lumpen ,
- mean ,
- measly ,
- meretricious ,
- messed-up ,
- messy ,
- miry ,
- miserable ,
- monstrous ,
- moth-eaten ,
- muddied ,
- nasty ,
- nefarious ,
- neglected ,
- obnoxious ,
- paltry ,
- patchy ,
- pathetic ,
- peaked ,
- petty ,
- pitiable ,
- pitiful ,
- poky ,
- poor person ,
- poorly ,
- raddled ,
- ragamuffin ,
- rank ,
- reptilian ,
- repulsive ,
- rubbishy ,
- rumpled ,
- run-down ,
- sad ,
- scabby ,
- scabrous ,
- scaly ,
- schlocky ,
- scraggly ,
- scruff ,
- scummy ,
- scurfy ,
- scurvy ,
- scuzzy ,
- seamy ,
- seedy ,
- shaggy ,
- sick ,
- sickly ,
- sleazy ,
- slipshod ,
- sluttish ,
- small ,
- smoky ,
- smudgy ,
- soaked ,
- soiled ,
- sooty ,
- sorry ,
- squamulose ,
- stained ,
- tacky ,
- tatterdemalion ,
- timeworn ,
- torn ,
- tousled ,
- trashy ,
- trumpery ,
- tumbledown ,
- twopenny ,
- twopenny-halfpenny ,
- uncombed ,
- ungroomed ,
- unkempt ,
- unmentionable ,
- unwell ,
- valueless ,
- vile ,
- wet ,
- wind-blown ,
- worn ,
- worse for wear ,
- worthless ,
- wretched .
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How to use "Scruffy" in context?
Scruffy is one of a kind. A unique individual, who stands out from the rest. It's not surprising that this trait has earned scruffy a reputation for being unique and mysterious. But just what is it about scruffy that makes them so different?
To some, scruffy may just appear to be dirty and unkempt. But to those who know better, there is more to this persona than meets the eye. For one, scruffy often have a creative side. They often don't mind toying with their appearance, preferring to go with the flow rather than follow traditional norms.
Homophones for Scruffy:
- scrapheap, scurvy, sugar pea, syrup, scurf, skiagraph, serape, sharp, serve up, serve, scrapie, scrape up, serb, swear off, sharpie, serif, shrubby, sakharov, seriph, sirup, scrape, scrub, serbia, scarab, soar up, scribe, scrape by, saccharify, scrub up, square off, screwup, scrappy, screw up, swerve, syrupy, Sus Scrofa, shore up, survey, sheriff, scorpio, Schizocarp, skiagraphy, survive, scare off, servo, sherpa, scarify, sorb, scrubby, seraph, shrive, square up, scrap, scarp, sarape, scarf, scrip, sharpy, shrub, scruff, serf, scurfy, surf.
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