Scrungy

//ˈskrʌndʒi// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    grungy; shabby and dirty

    "Along a scrungy area of Fourteenth Street, a dim light glowed four stories above the white ground. A shadow paced behind the window, sipping from a goblet, pausing occasionally to stare at the wind-swept scene below."

Synonyms

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bedraggledtatteredunkempt

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"Along a scrungy area of Fourteenth Street, a dim light glowed four stories above the white ground. A shadow paced behind the window, sipping from a goblet, pausing occasionally to stare at the wind-swept scene below."

Etymology

From scrunge + -y.

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